El Tren Pasa Primero

by Elena Poniatowska

Paperback, 2005

Status

Disponible

Call number

863.64

Publication

Alfaguara (2005), Edition: First Edition, 504 pages

Description

Este era un hombre que naci#65533; en un pueblito bicicletero y muy pronto entendi#65533; que sus dones no eran la belleza y la fortaleza f#65533;sica, sino la palabra, la voluntad y su indomable ansia de saber. Un d#65533;a el tren pas#65533; frente a sus ojos, y en el ruido de la m#65533;quina escuch#65533; el inicio del relato del resto de su vida. En opini#65533;n de Saturnino, uno de sus amigos, ser ferrocarrilero es lo mejor que puede sucederle a un hombre. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONTrinidad Pineda Chi#65533;as from Oaxaca, Mexico learned at an early age that he was gifted, not with beauty or physical strength, but with willpower, the force of the spoken word and a constant eagerness for knowledge. The story of his life is a journey that starts with the whistle of a train, one that will take him to places he never imagined, where he will acquire infinite knowledge. It is also the place in which Trinidad's ardent speech to his railroad brothers resulted in a fight that would upturn a country and a regime.… (more)

Language

Original language

Spanish

Physical description

497 p.

ISBN

9707702672 / 9789707702677

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