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The Underdogs

A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

By Mariano Azuela
Foreword by Carlos Fuentes
Introduction by Sergio Waisman
Translated by Sergio Waisman
Notes by Sergio Waisman

By Mariano Azuela
Foreword by Carlos Fuentes
Introduction by Sergio Waisman
Translated by Sergio Waisman
Notes by Sergio Waisman

By Mariano Azuela
Foreword by Carlos Fuentes
Introduction by Sergio Waisman
Translated by Sergio Waisman
Notes by Sergio Waisman

By Mariano Azuela
Foreword by Carlos Fuentes
Introduction by Sergio Waisman
Translated by Sergio Waisman
Notes by Sergio Waisman

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    About The Underdogs

    The greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator

    The Underdogs is the first great novel about the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to save his family. Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship in Pancho Villa’s army, only to become discouraged with the cause after it becomes hopelessly factionalized. At once a spare, moving depiction of the limits of political idealism, an authentic representation of Mexico’s peasant life, and a timeless portrait of revolution, The Underdogs is an iconic novel of the Latin American experience and a powerful novel about the disillusionment of war.

    About The Underdogs

    Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, The Underdogs recounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political disillusionment.

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    About Mariano Azuela

    Mariano Azuela, the first of the “novelists of the Revolution,” was born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1873. He studied medicine in Guadalajara and returned to Lagos in 1909,where he began the practice of his profession. He began… More about Mariano Azuela

    About Mariano Azuela

    Mariano Azuela, the first of the “novelists of the Revolution,” was born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1873. He studied medicine in Guadalajara and returned to Lagos in 1909,where he began the practice of his profession. He began… More about Mariano Azuela

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $13.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jul 29, 2008 | 176 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143105275

    Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Jul 29, 2008 | 176 Pages | ISBN 9781440638527
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    Praise

    “Mariano Azuela, more than any other novelist of the Mexican Revolution, lifts the heavy stone of history to see what there is underneath it.” —Carlos Fuentes, from the Foreword

    “This is not only a novel of the Mexican Revolution, but also of our own contemporary madness, and Sergio Waisman’s translation captures its full force and fervor.” —Sandra Cisneros

    “An essential book for Mexico, about the first revolution of the twentieth century. Mariano Azuela’s pen is a warm gun, and Sergio Waisman’s translation, introduction, and notes are as vivid, well aimed, and sharp as the gunshots in the battle.” —Elena Poniatowska

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