Miguel Marmol - Softcover

Dalton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915306670 ISBN 13: 9780915306671

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Miguel Marmol is the testimony of a revolutionary, as recorded by Salvadoran writer, Roque Dalton, which documents the historical and political events of El Salvador through the first decades of the 20th century. This Latin American classic describes the growth and development of the workers' movement and the communist party in El Salvador and Guatemala, and contains Marmol's impressions of post-revolutionary Russia in the twenties, describing in vivid detail the brutality and repression of the Martinez dictatorship and the reemergence of the workers' movement after Martinez was ousted. It also gives a broad and clear picture of the lives of the ordinary peasant and worker in Central America, their sufferings, their hopes and their struggles."

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Review:

"The story and its message make this a provocative and important book." -- ""San Francisco Chronicle Review""

"An insightful history that reads like an adventure novel. It ranks among the world's great revolutionary literature." -- ""The Guardian ""
."..an extraordinary literary document and political resource, a book one wants to read, think through and quote from..." -- ""The Nation""
..".an extraordinary literary document and political resource, a book one wants to read, think through and quote from..." -- ""The Nation""

About the Author:

Roque Dalton Garcia (San Salvador, El Salvador, 14 May 1935 Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, 10 May 1975) was a leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets. He wrote emotionally strong, sometimes sarcastic, and image-loaded works dealing with life, death, love, and politics."

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0915306670
• ISBN 13: 9780915306671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 503