Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa

Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : 9780393343724
ISBN-13 : 0393343723
Rating : 4/5 (723 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa by : Earl Shorris

Download or read book Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a work of great scope, a powerful illumination of an enigmatic figure. Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part myth, part visionary hoodlum and part brilliant general. A troubled childhood--marked by his father's early death in the fields and his sister's rape by a local landowner--and a prophetic dream propel young Villa through a period of lawlessness and drifting and into life as a military leader. The story moves convincingly through the events of Villa's life, showing him to be a man of fierce passions and moral conviction, a natural leader for the rebellion.


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