Title: El libro, la calle y el fusil :
Authors: Mattos Cintrón, Wilfredo,
Date: 2018
Publisher: Ediciones La Sierra,
Physical description: 348 pages ; 21 cm
Language: Spanish
LC class: L
Abstract: Compilation of essays on the history of the student movement in Puerto Rico, the formation of the U.S. hegemony in Puerto Rico and the history of MPI-PSP [Movimiento Pro Independencia y Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño], two left wing political parties that advocated for Puerto Rico's independence. Wilfredo Mattos Cintrón (1940) is the creator of the police novel series which features the inspector Isabelo Andújar. The novels in this series include El cerro de los buitres (1984), El cuerpo bajo el puente (1989), Las dos caras de Jano (1995), Las puertas de San Juan (1997), El colapso (2000) y Desamores (2001). Several of his literary works have been awarded prizes by the Instituto de Literatura Puertorriqueña and the PEN Club. Of the police novel series the title Desamores has been made into a film. Mattos Cintrón has also published the novels Bailando al derecho y al revés (2007), Letramuerto: asesinato en La Tertulia (2010), El asesinato de San Pedro (2014) and La vida es una enfermedad sexualmente transmisible (2014), Un temblor de lluvia: seis Mapeye para María (police novel, 2018) among others.
Contents: La formación de la hegemonía de Estado Unidos en Puerto Rico -- Breve historia del movimiento estudiantil puertorriqueño -- Aspectos socio-políticos y económicos de la década de la Reforma Universitaria -- La clase obrera se ha hecho sociedad -- Breve historia del MPI-PSP.