A shot in the cathedral
By: Mario Bencastro ; translated by Susan Giersbach Rascón.
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Houston, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Guerrillas -- El Salvador -- Fiction.; El Salvador -- Fiction.
Description: "Prizewinning novel Disparo en la catedral follows a San Salvador journalist through an eight-month period leading up to and following Archbishop Romero's assassination. Verbatim texts of Romero's homilies incorporated into text. Bencastro's work as a playwright evident in copious dialogue. Competently translated. No supporting materials, but good for classroom use given historical context"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.