City of Kings
By: by Rosario Castellanos ; translated by Robert S. Rudder and Gloria Chacón de Arjona ; introduction by Claudia Schaefer.
Contributors: Rudder, Robert S.; Chacón de Arjona, Gloria.; Schaefer, Claudia, 1949-
Series: Series Discoveries; Discoveries.
Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) -- Fiction.
Description: "Ciudad Real, as the Mexican city of San Cristobal de las Casas was called in earlier times, is the setting for this 1960 collection of stories by Rosario Castellanos that treats the passionate and timely themes of race, class, power and language. Set in the southern region of Chiapas where Castellanos was born, City of Kings [Ciudad Real] explores the centuries-old domination of indigenous people by whites, and the complex relationship between conquerors and conquered that is its outcome. Each story weaves into the next to present a portrait of the men, women and children of the region, with their hopes, tragedies, beliefs and fears. Most of all, City of Kings reveals the pain and damage suffered by both the weak and the strong when exploitation is the basis for everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.