Poniatowska, Elena

Here's to you, Jesusa by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
124 editions published between 1969 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,420 libraries worldwide
"Based on Josefina Borquez, a working-class woman whose difficult life spanned some of the seminal events in early-twentieth-century Mexican history, Poniatowska's Jesusa is a tough, coarse-mouthed, cantankerous character who pushes contradiction to its limits. Mystical yet practical, she faces the obstacles in her path with gritty determination. A native of Oaxaca, Jesusa loses her mother at a young age, and she lives with her father until one of his girlfriends stabs her. Moved to her godmother's house, where she serves as a maid, Jesusa is reunited with her father during the Mexican Revolution, and joins the cavalry unit in the army of General Jesus Carranza. She marries another solider, a chronic womanizer who systematically abuses and finally abandons her. After the Revolution, embittered by its failure to live up to its promises to the poor, Jesusa finds work in Mexico City, first as a domestic, then in a series of factories, and begins her long history of run-ins with the police." "Poniatowska documents a life of brutal deprivation, extraordinary hardship, and hardscrabble humor while providing a unique perspective on politics and the place of women in twentieth-century Mexico."--BOOK JACKET.

La casa en Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros ( Book )
9 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in Spanish and German and held by 1,387 libraries worldwide
Frustrated by a life in the slums of Chicago, Esperanza tries to escape her neighborhood and invent her own future.

Massacre in Mexico by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
72 editions published between 1971 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,131 libraries worldwide
Oral history collected from Mexican students, workers, parents, professors, maids, soldiers, government workers, and others in Mexican society who witnessed and felt the effects of the tragic events during October 1968.

La piel del cielo by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
35 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,072 libraries worldwide
"Mamá, ¿allá atrás se acaba el mundo?" Esta frase abre el camino a una historia fascinante: la de un hombre de enorme talento destinado a desentrañar los misterios de la astronomía. Lorenzo de Tena, inconformista y rebelde, deberá luchar contra las desigualdades sociales, las trampas burocráticas y las tentaciones políticas para ver realizada su vocación. Pero los mayores retos de su búsqueda no vendrán de la ciencia sino de la cara más oculta de las personas, la que esconde las pasiones y los sentimientos. Una novela que, como un telescopio, nos acerca a los desafíos más inalcanzables: las estrellas y el amor.--Desde la descripción de la editorial.

Tinisima by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
32 editions published between 1992 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 1,050 libraries worldwide
"Long though it is, this English version of Tinísima, Poniatowska's novel based closely on the life of Italian photographer Tina Modotti (1896-1942), represents a considerable abridgment of the original. Implicitly, however, the textual recreation is the work of Poniatowska herself, who signs the acknowledgments, thanks Katherine Silver (whose translation is excellent), and writes a new dedication for the book"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
82 editions published between 1978 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 899 libraries worldwide
"Angelina Beloff, exiliada rusa, pintora incipiente, escribe desde el gris, el frío y la pobreza del París de posguerra, a Diego Rivera, su compañero durante diez años, a quien no ha podido seguir en su regreso a México. Angelina Beloff escribe cartas amargas que el pintor no responde."--Cover.

Other fires : short fiction by Latin American women ( Book )
1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 778 libraries worldwide

Nada, nadie : las voces del temblor by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
24 editions published between 1988 and 2005 in Spanish and English and held by 602 libraries worldwide
This powerful account chronicles the human drama of the devastating earthquake that rocked Mexico City.

Frida Kahlo : the camera seduced ( Book )
6 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 574 libraries worldwide
A collection of photographs by a diverse group of photographers of the famous Mexican artist along with a short essay.

Las soldaderas : women of the Mexican Revolution by Elena Poniatowska ( Book )
14 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 561 libraries worldwide
Presents a collection of photographs documenting women camp followers in Mexico, from the Spanish conquest to the Mexican revolution.