Miguel Mármol

By Roque Dalton

Book Overview

Miguel Mármol is the testimony of a revolutionary, as recorded by Salvadoran writer, Roque Dalton, which documents the historical and political events of El Salvador through the first decades of the 20th century. This Latin American classic describes the growth and development of the workers' movement and the communist party in El Salvador and Guatemala, and contains Mármol's impressions of post-revolutionary Russia in the twenties, describing in vivid detail the brutality and repression of the Martínez dictatorship and the reemergence of the workers' movement after Martínez was ousted. It also gives a broad and clear picture of the lives of the ordinary peasant and worker in Central America, their sufferings, their hopes and their struggles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915306670
• ISBN13: 9780915306671
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Curbstone Press
• Length: 503 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

historical masterpiece

well what can you say about one of the best modern latin american writers. this book is brilliant and engages the readed from page one. Miguel Marmol was a extraordinary man who escaped death a number of times. he lived, breathed and acted out his revolution. He was a Latin American revolutionary that deserves recognition for the hard work that he did during our history's dark days. this book does just that. this book is a must read. having read it in spanish i am pleased to see that it is available in English. Roque, if only they had not killed you! what a shame. que viva el salvador. ps: also check out Eduardo Galeano's Memorias de Fuego the third book. Miguel Marmol is the central character throughout this book also.