DE ACUERDO CON LA CRITICA, LOS DE ABAJO ES LA NOVELA MEJOR LOGRADA DE LA REVOLUCION MEXICANA. A TRAVES DE DEMETRIO MACIAS, LA NOVELA RELATA LOS HECHOS Y LOS MOTIVOS QUE LLEVARON A LOS CAMPESINOS A FORMAR PARTE DEL MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DE LA EPOCA. LA NOVELA DESAROLLA EL TEMA DE LA AMBICION Y LA DESILUCION. VIENE EN CUATRO DISCOS COMPACTOS, NARRADA CON EL HABLA TIPICA DE LA REGION, ZACATECAS.

Los de Abajo (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Mariano Azuela

Genre Fiction

PRENTICE/HALL

Los de Abajo

First published as a serial in the newspaper El Paso del Norte, in October and November of 1915, then as a book published by the same newspaper, the novel Los de abajo has been translated into all the main languages of the world. Mariano Azuela's masterwork came out one hundred years after José Loaquín Fernández de Lazardi's El Periquillo Sarniento created the genre of the Novel of the Revolution, as it left behind the norms of the European novel and forged new parameters for Hispanic American fiction. The impact of Los de abajo is owed in large part to the sustained dramatic tension of the novel, from the opening scene to the death of the protagonist - in the same geographic location, creating a sense of circularity - but its success is partly the result of the fulfillment of the title's promise to depict the underdogs. Who are the underdogs but those at the bottom of the social and economic ladder, that is, the poorest and most disinherited. And the underdogs in Azuela's story have decided to fight against the injustices perpetrated by those on top. The struggle is bloody, the suffering intolerable. And all for what? All just in order to remain in the same place - as underdogs - after two years of hardships.  This attitude of defeat, of failure, is one of the elements that sustain lively interest in the novel and give it permanent value. The descriptions of nature serve to soften the violent revolutionary scenes, and it is this technique of interweaving human actions with descriptions of the landscape that confers an unusual equilibrium upon the novel and has caused it to be considered the best of the many novels about the Mexican Revolution. This edition, annotated and with a prologue by Luis Leal, is a fundamental text for any course in Hispanic literature, and is indispensable for courses focusing on early 20th century Latin America.

Literary

Chambers

PUBLISHED IN SPANISH. A classic of modern Hispanic literature! In this deeply moving picture of the turmoil of the first great revolution of the twentieth century--the Mexican Revolution of 1910--Azuela depicts the anarchy and the idealism, the base human passions and the valor and nobility of the simple folk, and, most striking of all, the fascination of revolt--that peculiar love of revolution for revolution's sake that has characterized most of the social upheavals of the twentieth century. Los de Abajo is considered "the only novel of the Revolution" and, since the spring of 1925, has been published in several languages and more than twenty-seven editions. Azuela's writing is sometimes racy and virile, sometimes poetic and subdued, but always in perfect accord with the mood and character of the story. A substantial literary introduction offers a great deal of relevant background information.
 Also by Mariano Azuela and available from Waveland Press: (trans. Fornoff), The Underdogs (ISBN 9781577662419). Titles of related interest available from Waveland Press: Arguedas (trans. Barraclough), Deep Rivers (ISBN 9781577662440); Arguedas (trans. Barraclough), Yawar Fiesta (ISBN 9781577662457); and Asturias (trans. Partridge), The President (ISBN 9780881339512).

Los de Abajo: Novela de la Revolucion Mexicana (Spanish Edition) (Spanish and English Edition)

History

Waveland Pr Inc.

A masterful translation that embraces Azuela's lyrical portrayal of culture and landscape . . . The Underdogs tells the story of a courageous Indian farmer who almost unwittingly rises to a generalship in Pancho Villa's rebel army during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Mariano Azuela powerfully captures the anarchy and idealism of the time that culminated in revolution. Ahead of his time, Azuela challenged conventional narrative technique in ways that writers would not adopt for decades, especially with his emphasis on character development through dialogue rather than description. Critics also have noted the novel's postmodern absence of absolutes, noting that his attitude toward revolution is ambiguous at best. Fornoff's masterful translation, based on the most authentic manuscript, accurately reflects Azuela's style in very readable English. The accompanying translated essay-- "The Barefoot Iliad"--by another giant of Latin American literature, Carlos Fuentes, places the novel in the context of other epics throughout the history of literature.

The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

Waveland Press. Inc.

Los de abajo (Spanish Edition)

Los de abajo by Mariano Azuela  CD(4) apr. 240m- Azuela's masterpiece is the classic novel of the Mexican Revolution. An Army doctor during the Revolution, Azuela settled in Mexico City to practice medicine and write novels with an underlying theme: a yearning for social justice and human dignity. Los de abajo por Mariano Azuela  CD(4) apr. 240mn- Novela de la revolucion mexicana y obra maestra de Azuela, que ejercio medicina en el ejercito mexicano durante la Revolución y luego se radico en la capital, donde se dedico a ambas profesiones la medica y la literaria.

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FONDO DE CULTURA ECONOMICA*

A peaceful Mexican peasant who is forced to join the rebel cause earns a generalship in Villa's army.

Los de abajo (Letras hispanicas) (Spanish Edition)

Ediciones Cátedra

Mariano Azuela, médico mexicano, quien sirvió en los ejércitos de Villa, escribió una de las novelas más realistas, dramáticas y esclarecedoras del proceso revolucionario de 1910, la cual se emparenta por derecho propio con otras narraciones escritas por testigos y protagonistas de la lucha armada.

Los de abajo: novela de la revolución mexicana

Los de abajo

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Los de Abajo (Spanish Edition)

Los de Abajo

Los de Abajo: Novela de la Revolucion Mexicana (Spanish Edition) (Spanish and English Edition)

The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

Los de abajo (Spanish Edition)

Los de abajo (Spanish Edition)

Los de abajo (Letras hispanicas) (Spanish Edition)

Los de abajo: novela de la revolución mexicana

Los de abajo