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Kissing the Virgin's Mouth Paperback - 2002
by Donna M. Gershten
In a society in which gender and class roles are unbending, and religion predominant, Magda--wife, scoundrel, and mother--creates a philosophy of life that she can thrive in, a religion of cynical optimism, pragmatism, and determined gratitude. "Kissing the Virgin's Mouth" is a novel about love, the power of sex, and the struggles of women. It is also a lyrical first novel that offers a rare window into the Mexican experience.
Summary
Guadalupe Magdalena Molina Vasquez -- wife, scoundrel, courtesan, mother -- is full of contradictions: she believes in love but is suspicious of men; she rejects religion but admires the Virgin Mary; she respects tradition while breaking all the rules. Here, in the Golden Zone of Teatan, Mexico, Magda tells her extraordinary life story -- from a poor Mexican barrio to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness -- and bewitchingly imparts the hard-earned wisdom she has gained through the years.
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Chupita, are dead.
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- Title Kissing the Virgin's Mouth
- Author Donna M. Gershten
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date February 1, 2002
- ISBN 9780060933586 / 0060933585
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.07 x 5.31 x 0.6 in (20.50 x 13.49 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mexican
- Ethnic Orientation: Chicano
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Domestic fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00061407
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booksense '76 Mar/Apr 2002, 03/01/2002, Page 1
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