#booktober #booksinsouthamerica
Small collection, mostly from a Latin American lit class I took way back in college.
WOCreads Oh How's I Rigoberta? It's on my tbr😃 8y
shawnmooney I studied the Rigoberta Menchu memoir in graduate school and was deeply disappointed to find out that much of it is not true, that she manufactured a lot of the stuff in it. I lost almost all respect for her. 8y
Wannabe_Quijote I teach Rigoberta's book when I take students to Guatemala or teach our Latin American studies intro course. There is a lot of controversy about her book - but most of what she tells happened to someone...just not herself like she claims. 8y
JPeterson @shawnmooney @FUNdamental I had no idea! We studied this in college, but didn't go into any of the controversy. That's insane. But a good point on how it happened to someone, if not her. @Ifyoucanreadthis_Bina I had enjoyed it, but now looking at it under a new light from the other comments 🤔 8y
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