Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, The Underdogs recounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political disillusionment.
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“Mariano Azuela, more than any other novelist of the Mexican Revolution, lifts the heavy stone of history to see what there is underneath it.”—Carlos Fuentes
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Mariano Azuela's masterful novel about the Mexican revolution, freshly translated by Frederick H. Fornoff, is the first of a series of definitive texts from Latin America and the Caribbean translated into English and accompanied by critical and bibliographical essays. Originally published in instalments in an El Paso newspaper in 1915, "Los de Abajo" ("The Underdogs") has steadily gained in literary stature in Mexico and in Latin America. By the time of Azuela's death in 1952, it had achieved widespread recognition as a classic among the scores of Mexican novels about the revolution.
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I read this in my sophomore year in high school and i thought it was a major waste of time. I didn't enjoy reading about a man who becomes a general in a rebel army then soon starts looting "the people" for his gain. plus, i thought the characters were poorly defined.
Von Gregory Moss
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I teach sophomore and junior English at a public high school in California. During the first fifteen minutes of each class, my students engage in SSR (silent sustained reading), and I model reading for them by not grading papers during this time, but by reading a book of my own choice. In this case, however, the choice was that of my wife, who read the book as a secondary student in Jalisco, Mexico. Every day in every class I looked forward to reading The Underdogs during SSR. It's a fast read and provides a spring board into the historical context of which it speaks. This book has made me a student of the Mexican Revolution.
The main character, Demetrio Macias, and his band of revolutionaries at once attract and repulse you until, at the novel's end, the reader understands how bitterly disillusioned Azuela had become with the likes of the generals and foot soldiers who turned their noble cause into a pretext for their own personal gain. Thus, the revolution implodes upon the idealists who gave her birth and, in the end, the generals and foot soldiers of the revolution become comsumed by the same base impulses that once fueled their enemies.
The dialogue, of which there is plenty, burns through the storyline like a prairie fire, so real, so vibrant, and so poetic is it. The narrative draws the reader along seamlessly, and the numerous descriptions of nature dazzle his mind's eye like an apocalyptic vision.
In my opinion, a good novel engages me in the lives of its characters. Demetrio, Manteca, Luis Cervantes, Camilla, War Paint, et al. remain vivdly in my mind as victims of injustice, heroes of liberty, and perpetrators of pointless mayhem.
I fell so much in love with Azuela's style and his masterful use of imagery that I ordered the Spanish language version Los de Abajo! I can't wait to read this novel in the original Spanish. I can't wait to unleash its volcanic energy upon my students.
My favorite line? That of the mad poet Valderrama, who proclaims after the defeat of General Villa at Celaya, "Villa? Obregon? Carranza? What's the difference? I love the revolution like a volcano in eruption; I love the volcano because it's a volcano, the revolution because it's the revolution! What do I care about the stones left above or below after the cataclysm? What are they to me?"
Every gabacho should read this book!
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When I first started reading this book I thought it was really boring, but when I was finished I was glad I read it. I don't know that I like Azuela's writing style, but the message he was trying to convey was wonderful. His message was: power corrupts. This book is centered around a poor Mexican peasant named Demetrio, and his group of men rebelling against the Mexican government. At the beginning of the book the men all want a less oppressive government. Their goals are good, and their ideals are good. But as they gain more power and prestige they become more corrupt. They do cruel things to innocent people, they steal, and they are cruel to each other. Azuela makes the point over and over again that the men are poor and ignorant, they know nothing of politics, and they don't understand why they are fighting. Although I thought this book was boring, it has a very good message. It's worth reading just to understand that message.
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A Good Message
When I first started reading this book I thought it was really boring, but when I was finished I was glad I read it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
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The Making of a Revolutionary
The book shows how a revolutionary ideal is brought about by injustice. It brings to the forefront the fact that if one is hungry there is nothing left to lose. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Dezember 1999 von Jose N. H. Galvan
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Excellent, metaphorical account of hope vs. despair
I was assigned to read this book for a Mexican Literature class, and I was expecting it to be just another boring history novel. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
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An excellent book that utilizes a strong form and method.
This book is excellent. It depicts the revolution in a very unique way. Azuela truly had a great talent. Azuela produces questions as to the reasoning for the revolution. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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You are just an idiot margondosh
you dumasses acorse you don't understand it you either are white or you are a moron
Am 9. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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You are just an idiot margondosh
you dumasses acorse you don't understand it you either are white or you are a moron
Am 9. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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The Worst Book I Have Ever Read
This book is the worst book I have ever read. This is the type of book where you can read the whole thing and when you get to the end you realize you have just been looking at the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Juni 1998 von Michael Libby
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