One account of this event describes the massacre of five hundred prisoners in the short story "The Carnival of the Bullets."
One account of this event describes the massacre of five hundred prisoners in the short story "The Carnival of the Bullets." Nellie Campobello's novella Cartucho takes place during this event, which provides the background for Agustin Yanez's novel The Edge of the Storm. A short story set during this event ends with the execution of Juvencio Nava, who begs his son Justino to plead for his life. A novel which takes place during this event contrasts the disillusionment of Solis with the opportunism of Luis Cervantes, and climaxes in a ravine where the forces of Demetrio Macias are ambushed. The setting for the short story "Tell Them Not to Kill Me!" and Martin Luis Guzman's The Eagle and the Serpent, it also inspired Mariano Azuela to write The Underdogs. For 10 points, name this conflict recounted by a dying tycoon in Carlos Fuentes's novel The Death of Artemio Cruz.
One account of this event describes the massacre of five hundred prisoners in the short story "The Carnival of the Bullets."
the Mexican Revolution