(P/B) LILUS KIKUS AND OTHER STORIES

Παρουσίαση

Erroneously considered a children's book when it was first published in 1954, this sprightly child's-eye critique of adult society was decades ahead of its time. Today Elena Poniatowska is acclaimed as one of Mexico's greatest writers, but fifty years ago she was an unknown feminist at a time when feminism was out of fashion. As a result Lilus Kikus has not received the critical attention it deserved, and this is its first publication in English. Drawings by the great surrealist Leonora Carrington embody Lilus's view of life. Accompanying Lilus Kikus in this first American edition are four of Poniatowska's short stories with female protagonists, only one of them previously published in English. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
Bibliography
LILUS KIKUS
Lilu's toys and distractions
The concert
Lilus in Acapulco
Political elections
Nothing to do
Heaven
The religious procession
The black sheep
Illness
The dividing wall
Lilu's girlfriend
Convent school
OTHER STORIES
The philosopher's daughter
Fifth call
Happiness
You arrive by nightfall