Angélica Sánchez (English)

<p>Single mother of three sons, Angélica works as a free-lance house cleaner. She speaks about the varieties of nostalgia felt by migrants, and of arriving at a profound gratitude for life.</p><p>THEMES AND LINKS</p><p>This is a very personal selection—it’s not trying to be comprehensive. We’re always happy to receive suggestions for more themes, items and links!</p><p>The Mexican Revolution</p><p>There is a huge amount of material about this violent period, still very much alive in the generational memory of modern Mexico. For a basic recounting of events, the Wikipedia article in English is a good starting place; it has a particularly strong bibliography: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a very personal line-up of works of fiction or political commentary that deal with some human aspects of the Revolution:</p><p>POLITICAL HISTORY</p><p><em>Barbarous Mexico,</em> John Kenneth Turner, 1909</p><p>NOVELS (these are all translations from Spanish)</p><p>Mariano Azuela,<em> The Underdogs </em>(1916/1929)</p><p>Agustín Yáñez,<em> The Edge of the Storm </em>(1947/1963)</p><p>Carlos Fuentes,<em> The Death of Artemio Cruz </em>(1962/1964)</p><p>FILM</p><p><em>¡Viva Zapata!</em> (1952), no less than Marlon Brando as Zapata.</p><p>Roger Bartra on Mexican melancholy (a translation from Spanish):</p><p><em>The Cage of Melancholy </em>(1987/1992)</p><p>Please, if you buy a book recommended here, DON’T USE AMAZON. We recommend Powell’s Books, <a href="https://www.powells.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.powells.com/</a> Their selection is awesome, they’ll order what they don’t have, and their mail-order service is fast and reasonable.</p>