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The Underdogs : A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780143105275
  • ISBN-10: 0143105272
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics
  • Publish Date: August 2008
  • Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
  • Page Count: 176
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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