Tear This Heart Out
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Tear This Heart Out

by Ángeles Mastretta

1985•Drama•293 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalromanceheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeGrounded and emotional: a novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

"Excellent, highly colloquial translation of Arráncame la vida (see HLAS 48:5193), set in post-revolutionary Mexico. Peden has created a sparkling, irreverent Catalina, Mastretta's first-person protagonist who narrates her coming of age through a marriage to a retired general much older than herself. No background information.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalRomanceComing of ageComplex relationshipEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

WomenMexico

Details

Author
Ángeles Mastretta
Published
1985
Pages
293
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