by Elena Poniatowska · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484506317
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«La flor de lis» is the novel by Elena Poniatowska, published by Debolsillo in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Set during the Mexican Revolution, the novel follows Mariana, a young woman raised within a French aristocratic family settled in Mexico. Through her gaze, the work portrays the collapse of a world of privilege and addresses identity, social class, and the loss of innocence.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking the narrative of Elena Poniatowska, author awarded the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2001.
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor, known professionally as Elena Poniatowska, is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered disenfranchised, especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents. Her mother's family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape World War II. When she was 18, she began writing for the newspaper Excélsior, doing interviews and society columns. Despite the lack of opportunity for women from the 1950s to the 1970s, she wrote about social and political issues in newspapers and both fiction and nonfiction books. Her best-known work is La noche de Tlatelolco: Testimonios de historia oral, about the repression of the 1968 student protests in Mexico City. Due to her left-wing views, she has been nicknamed "the Red Princess". She is considered "Mexico's grande dame of letters" and is still an active writer.
