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Article: I, RIGOBERTA MENCHU: An Indian Woman in Guatemala.(Review)
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- The Nation
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- February 8, 1999
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I, RIGOBERTA MENCHU: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. By Rigoberta Menchu. Translated by Ann Wright. Verso. 251 pp. Paper $18.
In the early eighties, I, Rigoberta Menchu became an international bestseller. A moving account of gruesome repression, gut-wrenching poverty and vicious racism, the book made Menchu a human rights celebrity, eventually winning her a Nobel Peace Prize and focusing worldwide attention on the plight of Guatemalan Indians. Menchu was unsparing in her criticism of the Guatemalan Army, charging it with the wholesale slaughter of thousands of Indians, including members of her own family.
As the New York Times recently reported, however, ...