I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala

by Rigoberta Menchu, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray (Editor), Ann Wright (Translator)

Overview

The best-selling account of the life of Latin American peasant woman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844674459
Publisher:	Verso
Publication date:	01/12/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Rigoberta Menchú received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her efforts to end the oppression of indigenous peoples in Guatemala.

Editorial Reviews

A moving account of gruesome repression, gut-wrenching poverty and vicious racism ... A call to conscience.”—Nation

“A fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people.”—Times (London)

“A cornerstone of the multicultural canon.”—Chronicle of Higher Education

“An extraordinary document.”—Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

From the Publisher

An extraordinary document.

Francis Sejersted - Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

A cornerstone of the multicultural canon.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people.

The Times [London]

A moving account of gruesome repression, gut-wrenching poverty and vicious racism … A call to conscience.

The Nation