description: Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early her brother, father, and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. Menchú vividly conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, this book is illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman.
language: German
title: Rigoberta Menchu. Leben in Guatemala.
titlecomplete: Rigoberta Menchu. Leben in Guatemala.
characters: Menchu family, military factions
genres: Biography, Politics, Spanish Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, School, Feminism, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 5729
places: Guatemala
publisher: Lamuv Verlag GmbH