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Mexico lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de su patria | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jorge Volpi, Denise Dresser
Publisher: Aguilar
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 295621
Media: Paperback
Pages: 334
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 9707704012
Dewey Decimal Number: 868.707
EAN: 9789707704015
ASIN: 9707704012
Publication Date: April 30, 2006
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Product Description
Description in Spanish: En Mexico. Lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de su patria Denise Dresser y Jorge Volpi presentan una nueva version del libro de texto de historia para llevar al lector a revisar, de forma ludica y critica, los hechos que han dado forma a este pais. La suya es una propuesta llena de humor, sarcasmo e ironia, que deja las formas establecidas en la historia oficial para hacer un recorrido ameno desde el Mexico precolombino hasta el del siglo XXI. En esta obra contrastan los datos conocidos por todos desde los primeros anos de la educacion basica, con la realidad que los mexicanos vivimos cada dia, misma que, desde lo politico, esta llena de intrigas, golpes bajos, corrupcion, fraude y traiciones, al mas puro estilo de la mafia siciliana. Cada pagina refuta, cuestiona e invita a la reflexion siempre utilizando como detonante el sentido del humor. Con este libro sera posible aprender, divertirse, cuestionar y reflexionar en torno a lo que los mexicanos esperamos para 2006, con los escenarios posibles que ofrecen partidos y candidatos.
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Disappointing January 1, 2008
M. Rios (Los Angeles, CA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
As someone who hasn't lived in Mexico for 10 years, I purchased this book hoping to brush up on my Mexican history and also to catch up on current events.
I knew this book would not take itself too seriously. And I didn't want to buy a "boring history book". But I didn't realize I would be purchasing an oversized, 300 page comic book - RIUS style, only in color-. Filled with lists, time lines, charts and "ejercicios para el estudiante" that are meant to be funny and entertaining . But are often times tedious and unamusing.
Found the book to be as unhumorous and incoherent as RIUS is.
I guess I wasn't enough of a "ciudadano" to get it.
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