Mexican Bolero

work by Mastretta
Also known as: “Arráncame la vida”

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Latin American literature

  • Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo, Francisco Javier
    In Latin American literature: Post-boom writers

    …successful Arráncame la vida (1985; Mexican Bolero) ironically revisits the most hallowed theme of 20th-century Mexican fiction: the Revolution. But Mastretta portrays revolutionary Mexico from a woman’s perspective, which gives the whole process a subtly ironic twist that sometimes turns into outright humour. Montero’s and Mastretta’s titles are drawn from…

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