The Edge of the Storm (Texas Pan American Series): A Novel - Softcover

Yanez, Augustin; Yanez, Agustin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292701314 ISBN 13: 9780292701311

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1963

Synopsis

This tale of a repressive priest and his small Mexican village during the eighteen months preceding the Revolution of 1910 is a great novel, one that exposes the struggle between human desire and paralyzing fear-fear of humanity, fear of nature, fear of the wrath of God. Agustin Yanez probes the actions of people caught in life's currents, enthralling his readers with mounting dramatic tension as he shows that no power can forge saints from the human masses, that any attempt to do so, in fact, often has exactly the opposite result. Yanez brings to his work a deep understanding of people-his people-and he illuminates a great truth-that no one, anywhere, seems very strange when we understand the environment that has produced him or her.

About this title

Review:

"The Edge of the Storm is an excellent example of what can be considered Mexican national literature." * Library Journal *

About the Author:

Agustin Yanez (1904-1980), recognized as one of Mexico's greatest novelists, was long a leading figure in the cultural and political life of his country. He wrote seventeen books and held numerous political offices, including Governor of Jalisco and Secretary of Public Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0292701314
• ISBN 13: 9780292701311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344