The Book of Lamentations

Rosario Castellanos

Chapters (44)

THE BOOK OF
LAMENTATIONS

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ROSARIO
CASTELLANOS

TRANSLATED AND WITH
AN AFTERWORD BY ESTHER ALLEN
INTRODUCTION BY ALMA GUILLERMOPRIETO

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The Book of Lamentations translated by Esther Allen first published in the
United States of America by Marsilio Publishers 1996
This edition with an afterword by Esther Allen published in
Penguin Books 1998

11 13 15 17 19 20 18 16 14 12

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA

Castellanos, Rosario.

[Oficio de tinieblas. English]

The book of lamentations/Rosario Castellanos; translated and

with an afterword by Esther Allen; introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto.

p. cm.—(Penguin twentieth-century classics) ISBN 0 14 11.8003 X

I. Allen, Esther, 1962- II. Title. III. Series.

PQ7297.C25960313 1998

863—dc21 98-11868

Printed in the United States of America
Set in Stempel Garamond
Designed by Virginia Norey

CONTENTS

Introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto

The Book of Lamentations

Chapters

I – II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX – X – XI – XII – XIII

XIV – XV – XVI – XVII – XVIII – XIX – XX – XXI – XXII – XXIII – XXIV

XXV– XXVI –XXVII – XXVIII – XXIX – XXX – XXXI – XXXII – XXXIII

XXXIV – XXXV – XXXVI – XXXVII – XXXVIII – XXXIX – XL

Afterword by Esther Allen

A Brief Glossary of Tzotzil and Spanish Terms

Introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto

INTRODUCTION