num_pages: 304
description: "Excellent, highly colloquial translation of ArrÂancame la vida (see HLAS 48:5193), set in post-revolutionary Mexico. Peden has created a sparkling, irreverent Catalina, Mastretta's first-person protagonist who narrates her coming of age through a marriage to a retired general much older than herself. No background information. For historical introduction, see Ann Wright's translation of this novel, Mexican bolero (HLAS 54:5031)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. from her parents and forced into an arranged marriage with a retired general following the Mexican revolution, teenaged Catalina Guzman only realizes her husband's ruthless thirst for power after she has fallen in love with him
language: English
title: Tear This Heart Out
titlecomplete: Tear This Heart Out
genres: Fiction, Historical, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Romance, Latin American Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 12119
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Premio Mazatlán de Literatura
publisher: Riverhead Trade