Ashes of Izalco

Trade Paper – $14.50
ISBN 978-0-915306-84-8Publication Date
July 1995
Categories
Page Count
174 pages
Trim Size
5.5 x 8.5
ISBN
0-915306-84-0
Ashes of Izalco
Written in two voices, Ashes of Izalco is a collaborative novel by Claribel Alegría and Darwin Flakoll, a love story set against the events of 1932, when thirty thousand Indians and peasants were massacred in Izalco, El Salvador. Ashes of Izalco brings together a Salvadoran woman and an American man who struggle over issues of love, loyalty, and sociopolitical injustice.
Reviews
"One of the most important Central American novels of the 20th Century."
—Carolyn Forché
—Carolyn Forché
"A haunting short novel that sets a story of love and passion against feverish peasant uprising..."
—Kansas City Star
—Kansas City Star
"In a novel that blends politics, history and romance with unfailing gentleness, unforeseeable, explosive events determine the actions of the characters but never interrupt the work's lyrical structure."
—Publishers Weekly
—Publishers Weekly