by Angeles Mastretta · Editorial Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789507311338
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«Mujeres de ojos grandes» is a collection of short stories by Ángeles Mastretta, published by Seix Barral in paperback (188 pages, in Spanish).
Independent stories featuring married women in twentieth-century Mexico who, between home and family, carry out small acts of rebellion. Mastretta portrays characters with their own inner world who challenge, in their own way, social expectations about love and marriage.
The book was originally published in 1985; this Spanish-language edition from Editorial Seix Barral is from December 1995.
For readers of short fiction and Latin American literature, with a special interest in female characters and domestic life as a setting.
Ángeles Mastretta is a Mexican author, journalist, actress, and film producer. She is known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political realities of Mexico in her life. She is a recipient of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the Mazatlán Prize for Literature for Best Book of the Year. Her book, Arráncame la vida was adapted into a movie, which won an Ariel Award in Mexico.
