Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Avon Bard Books (1982), Paperback, 156 pages
Description
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm TóibínIn 1960s Central Mexico, two sisters, Delfina and María de Jesús González, known as 'Las Poquianchis', run a small-town brothel. Kidnapped, drugged and beaten, their young workers are desperate for escape. The Dead Girls is the discovery of these young women, buried in the back yard. In the laconic tones of a police report, Jorge Ibargüengoitia investigates these horrific murders and their motives. A black comedy, both moving and cruelly funny, Ibargüengoitia's work is a potent and entertaining blend of sex and mayhem.
User reviews
LibraryThing member russelllindsey
This was assigned reading for a Spanish literature course at Michigan State University. It is pretty unremarkable. A lot more could have been done to draw attention to Las Muertas. I wasn't impressed.
Language
Original language
Spanish
Original publication date
1977 (original Spanish)
Physical description
156 p.; 6.7 inches
ISBN
0380816121 / 9780380816125