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El tren pasa primero, Elena Poniatowska

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El tren pasa primero

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Elena Poniatowska

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Publisher Annotation: Trinidad Pineda's life changed when he saw a train pass in front of him for the first time. From now on, nothing would be more real for Trinidad than the whistle of a railroad, the hustle and bustle on the platforms, the pushes, the smell of the tar. This is the story of a combative and passionate existence that will lead its protagonist to turn a personal exploit into an indefatigable battle for social justice. The train passes first is the great novel about the railroad movement of the late 1950s in Mexico, which ended up suffocated by the violent repression of the government and the imprisonment of its leaders. It is the portrait of an era and a tribute to the men and women who linked their existence to that of a world today almost disappeared: that of the great locomotive machines that united the country, transporting families and dreams. Oscillating between the chronicle and the biographical novel, and with a style as intimate as it is precise, the winner of the 2013 Cervantes Prize for Literature, Elena Poniatowska, illuminates the pain and the human essence of the railroad struggle. Taking as a starting point the figure of the activist Demetrio Vallejo, this novel, winner of the 2007 Romulo Gallegos Prize and translated into several languages, is one of the most finished examples of the author's narrative excellence. The history of a social movement and the memory of the defeat of the great railroad strikes. Mexico, 456pp

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