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Books by Rosario Castellanos






The Book of Lamentations
(Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
by Rosario Castellanos, Esther Allen, Alma Guillermoprieto
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1998 by Penguin Classics
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-118003-8, ISBN: 0-14-118003-X

"Thirty years before the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas brought this little-known corner of Mexico to the world's notice, Mexican author Rosario Castellanos created a similar rebellion in her 1962 novel The Book of Lamentations. Castellanos has framed her story, which is set in the 1930s, around an actual 1860s uprising of Maya Indians against the Chiapan white ruling class. History and fiction meld seamlessly, mainly because conditions i ..."






Oficio de tinieblas
by Rosario Castellanos
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1998 by Penguin Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-026833-1, ISBN: 0-14-026833-2

"Una obra maestra de la literatura de ficción latinoamericana escrita por la mejor autora mexicana del siglo veinte.Oficio de Tinieblas La novela transpose acontecimientos históricos ocurridos en Chiapas durante la niñez de la autora en los años treinta y explora, al mismo tiempo, la lucha de la mujer mexicana por independizarse de la opresión y el machismo de sus maridos y amantes. El argumento tiene múltiples niveles, entrelazando las ..."






The Book of Lamentations(1st Edition)
by Rosario Castellanos, Esther Allen, Alma Guillermoprieto
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1996 by Marsilio Pub
ISBN-13: 978-1-56886-038-1, ISBN: 1-56886-038-2

"In the Mexican state of Chiapas in the 1930s, poverty, illiteracy, and rage contribute to an uprising among the descendants of the Mayan Indians"






City of Kings
by Rosario Castellanos, Robert S. Rudder, Gloria Arjona
Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-981006-06-9, ISBN: 1-981006-06-0

"Ciudad Real, as the Mexican city of San Cristobal de las Casas was called in earlier times, is the setting for this 1960 collection of stories by Rosario Castellanos that treats the passionate and timely themes of race, class, power and language. Set in the southern region of Chiapas where Castellanos was born, City of Kings (Ciudad Real) explores the centuries-old domination of indigenous people by whites, and the complex relationship ..."






The City of Kings(1st Edition)
(Discoveries Series)
by Rosario Castellanos, Robert S. Rudder, Yvette E. Miller
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1993 by Latin American Literary Review Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-935480-63-4, ISBN: 0-935480-63-3

"Written in 1960, these stories unfold in the Mexican state of Chiapas the later site of the Zapatista uprising, and the author addresses controversial questions of power, class, race, and language, giving insight into the historical background of a political struggle still going on today. The complex relationship of conquerors and conquered is explored with masterful writing that earned Rosario Castellanos a permanent place in the liter ..."






Women Writing Resistance(1st Edition)
Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean
by Edwidge Danticat, Michelle Cliff, Raquel Partnoy, Julia Alvarez, Ruth Behar, Rosario Castellanos, Cherrie Moraga, Elizabeth Martinez, Gloria Anzaldua
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2003 by South End Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89608-708-8, ISBN: 0-89608-708-5

"Eighteen women, including Jamaica Kincaid, Rigoberta Menchu, Cherrie Moraga, Marjorie Agosin, Margaret Randall, Gloria Anzaldua, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, and Julia Alvarez, are featured in this powerful anthology on art, feminism, and activism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Women Writing Resistance highlights Latin American and Caribbean women writers who, with increasing urgency, are writing in the service of social justi ..."






A Rosario Castellanos Reader(1st Edition)
An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama (Texas Pan American Series)
by Rosario Castellanos, Maureen Ahern
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77036-2, ISBN: 0-292-77036-7

"Thinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler of her work brings together her major poems, short fiction, essays, and a three-act play, The Eternal Feminine. Translated with fidelity to language and cultural nuance, many of these works appear here in English for the first time, allowing English-speaking readers to see the dep ..."






The Guermantes Way in Search of Lost Time 3(Updated)
by Marcel Proust, Mark Treharne, Christopher Prendergast, Rosario Castellanos
Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2003 by Penguin
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-118033-5, ISBN: 0-14-118033-1

"In search of lost time: the guermantes way (in search of lost time 3) is the 3rd of the 7 volumes in the in search of lost time series the series is based on the phenomenon of involuntary memory and how the narrator recollects such memories during his life in this volume, the narrator and his family have moved into an apartment which is adjacent to the guermantes residence intrigued by the guermantes and their social activities, the nar ..."






Oficio de Tinieblas
(Book of Lamentations)
by Rosario Castellanos
Hardcover, Published 1998 by Turtleback
ISBN-13: 978-0-606-20210-7, ISBN: 0-606-20210-2

"The novel transposes historical events to the Chiapas of Castellanos's own childhood in the 1930s, and explores, too, the struggle of Mexico's women for independence from the British oppression of their husbands and lovers."






Oficio de Tinieblas = Official of Darkness
(Penguin Ediciones)
by Rosario Castellanos
Library, 368 Pages, Published 1998 by San Val
ISBN-13: 978-1-4177-0382-1, ISBN: 1-4177-0382-2

"Oficio de tinieblas esta basada en un hecho historico: el levantamiento de los indios chamulas, en San Cristobal, en 1867. Este hecho culmino con la crucifixion de uno de estos indios al que proclamaron los amotinados como el Cristo Indigena. Por un momento, y por ese hecho, los chamulas se sintieron iguales a los blancos. Acerca de esta sublevacion casi no existen documentos. Los testimonios que pude recoger se resienten, como es logic ..."






Yefief One
A Narrative of Culture at the End of the Century
by Paula Gunn Allen, Rosario Castellanos, George Angel, Lucile Adler, G. Nagarajan Aiyar, Alva Alana, Wallace B. Elk, Et Al., Ann Racuya-Robbins
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1994 by Images For Media
ISBN-13: 978-1-884434-00-6, ISBN: 1-884434-00-2

"Duane Locke is a widely published poet and photographer. Kathryn Maris received a Master's degree in creative writing from Boston University. She won the Arthur E. Ford Award for poetry, was a recipient of the Academy of American Poets prize, and was a finalist of the 1995 New Letters Literary Awards. Susan Mckelvey is currently finishing a Master's of Architecture degree at UCLA, and she received her B.A. in philosophy from the Un ..."






La pluma magica
Cuentos de Amrica Latina (College Spanish)
by Rosario Castellanos, Julio Cortazar, Isabel Allend
Paperback, Published 1994 by Ed. Heinle & Heinle.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8384-5877-8, ISBN: 0-8384-5877-7






Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism(1st Edition)
(Studies in Antiquity and Christianity)
by Karen L. King, Rosario Castellanos, Maureen Ahern
Hardcover, 455 Pages, Published 1988 by Fortress Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-3103-1, ISBN: 0-8006-3103-X

"In this groundbreaking collection of essays, King and other contributors engage in a systematic study of issues of gender in Gnosticism. Using a variety of critical methods, the writers ask questions such as: What is the relationship of gendered images to the real lives of women and men? Did ascetic or libertine practices offer an attractive alternative to women in a patriarchal society? Are the images of strong, female goddesses, savio ..."






Meditation on the Threshold a Bilingual Anthology Poetry
by Rosario Castellanos, Julian Palley
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1988 by Bilingual Review Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-916950-80-4, ISBN: 0-916950-80-8

"Mexico, tr Palley "






Rattlesnakes(Reprint)
by J. Frank Dobie, Rosario Castellanos, Maureen Ahern
Paperback, 207 Pages, Published 1982 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77023-2, ISBN: 0-292-77023-5

"Here are observations and speculations, legends and yarns, even gossip about the habits and dispositions of these extraordinary creatures—rattlesnakes—their reported size, deadliness, and power to charm their natural enemies. Here are descriptions of actual fights to the death between rattlesnakes and other animals and accounts of the strange experiences human beings have had with them, as well as tips on where to find them and how to a ..."






Another Way to Be(1st Edition)
Selected Works of Rosario Castellanos
by Rosario Castellanos, Myralyn F. Allgood, Myralyn Frizzelle Allgood
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1990 by Univ Of Georgia Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1240-8, ISBN: 0-8203-1240-1

"Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR 'Another Way To Be' is a multifaceted selection of the writings of Rosario Castellanos, one of Mexico's most distinguished literary personalities."






A Rosario Castellanos Reader
An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
by Rosario Castellanos
400 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-78989-0, ISBN: 0-292-78989-0

"Theater "Tablero de damas: Pieza en un acto." América: Revista Antológica 68 ( 1952): 185-224. "Petul en la Escuela Abierta." In Teatro Petul, 42-65. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional Indigenista, [1962]. El eterno femenino: Farsa. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1975. A Select Bibliography of Rosario Castellanos Criticism The following bibliography is designed to acquaint the reader with the major critical studies about Cast ..."






Another Way to Be
Selected Works of Rosario Castellanos
by Rosario Castellanos, Myralyn Frizzelle Allgood
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Georgia Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-1222-4, ISBN: 0-8203-1222-3

"Selections of poetry, fiction, and essays by the Mexican poet, novelist, journalist, philosopher and diplomat (1925-1974). Edited, translated, and introduced by Myralyn F. Allgood. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR"






The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos(1st Edition)
by Rosario Castellanos, Cecilia Vicuna, Magda Bogin
Paperback, 105 Pages, Published 1989 by Graywolf Pr
ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-112-0, ISBN: 1-55597-112-1

"Poems examine love, loss, desire, mysticism, pain, mortality, and consciousness"






A Rosario Castellanos Reader(1st Edition)
An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama (Texas Pan American Series) [Dec 01, 1988] Castellanos, Rosario and Ahern, Maureen
by Rosario Castellanos, Translator-Maureen Ahern, Editor-Maureen Ahern
Hardcover, 378 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77039-3, ISBN: 0-292-77039-1

"... assistance in many phases of this project: José Emilio Pacheco, Raul Ortiz, Elva Macias, Aurora Ocampo, Octavio Gordillo, Emma Teresa Armend^riz, ..."



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