Novel. This fictional recreation of the life of Teresa Urrea, a popular Mexican heroine at the turn of the century who in her teens began to manifest miraculous healing powers, is "a work rich in imagination and historical rresearch whose main character and storyline are unforgettable"-Gabriella de Beer. Domecq relates the spread of Teresa's fame among the ill and disheartened, and the thousands who made the pilgrimage to see her. Teresa's sense of justice and her sympathy for the poor and oppressed drew her into political intrigue against the dictator Porfirio Diaz; exiled to the U.S., she continued to heal and inspire until her untimely death. "Brianda Domecq, undoubtedly one of the most daring women writers of Mexico, has written a truly astounding novel...where history and fantasy are woven into a wondrous creative voice"-Marjorie Agosin. Brianda Domecq was born in New York but has lived most of her life in Mexico. She is regarded as one of the leading Mexican writers.
"Brianda Domecq, undoubtedly one of the most daring women writers of Mexico, has written a truly astounding novel...where history and fantasy are woven into a wondrous creative voice." --Marjorie Agosin" 
A fictional recreation of the life of Teresa Urrea, a popular Mexican heroine at the turn of the century, who, in her teens, began to manifest miraculous healing powers.

The Astonishing Story of the Saint of Cabora

Literature & Fiction

Brianda Domecq

Genre Fiction

Bilingual Review Pr

Teresita Urrea, la Santa de Cabora, es al mismo tiempo una figura histórica y una leyenda. Producto de la violación de una joven indígena - justificada por la costumbre en las relaciones entre patrón y "sierva" -, nace en Sinaloa en 1873; pasa su juventud en la hacienda paterna, en Sonora, y muere, exiliada por el gobierno de Porfirio Diaz, en Estados Unidos en 1906. Marcada por la ilegitimidad, el conflicto y el abandono, pero también por la imaginación creadora, Teresita se configura como objeto de culto de carácter mesiánico-milenarista, y de nina ensimismada, se convierte en medica tradicional y santa, bandera revolucionaria de criolos, yaquis, mayos y tomochitecos; y. finalmente, ya exilada, en espectáculo publicitario de una compania medica norteamericana. El desear y el hacer incesantes de Terisita, concretados en poderes "sobrenaturales", la vinculan a un nosotros cuyas raíces conducen al México profundo y ancestral. La huella simbólica de Cabora y su santa es uno de los refugios del linaje mexicano.

La insólita historia de la Santa de Cabora (Colección Fábula) (Spanish Edition)

World Literature

Planeta

ONCE DIAS Y ALGO MAS by DOMECQ

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS-HARLA MEXICO S.A

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