by Mariano Azuela · Fondo De Cultura Economica USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789681673444
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«Los de abajo y mala yerba» by Mariano Azuela is a volume of fiction in paperback (231 pages, in Spanish).
The work belongs to the narrative of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. Mariano Azuela follows a group of characters swept up in the conflict and portrays the harshness of life at the front, the poverty and violence of those years. Fiction is interwoven with history to offer a critical look at the period.
Published in 2005, this edition brings together in a single volume two narratives by Mariano Azuela: «Los de abajo» and «Mala yerba».
Of interest to readers of historical fiction and students of Spanish American literature who want to engage with the Mexican Revolution.
Mariano Azuela González was a Mexican writer and medical doctor, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is the first of the "novelists of the Revolution," and he influenced other Mexican novelists of social protest.
