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“My name is Rigoberta Menchú and that is how my conscience was born” by Elisabeth Burgos
The autobiography of Rigoberta Menchú, told to Elizabeth Burgos. The ethnological description of a Central American Indian community made by a young indigenous woman, who has learned one of the universal languages for this purpose, and who handles it with precision and ease, gives it an unusual literary dimension. That and the apostolic personality of the protagonist, her generosity, her sense of justice and her ancient sense of duty make this book an incomparable testimony. ”
Taken from Lecturalia.
See also:
http://www.elortiba.org/rigomen.html
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoberta_Mench%C3%BA
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Burgos
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My name is Rigoberta Menchú and that is how my conscience was born / Elisabeth Burgos. — Barcelona: Argos Vergara, 1983. — 292 p.; 22cm — (Personal Library; 3).
ISBN-84 7178 615-X-
F1465.2.Q5 M46 1983
R. 58251
