I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu?

The set contains the source book by Mench#xFA; as well as Greg Grandin's investigation of the accusations against her. I, Rigoberta Mench#xFA; by Rigoberta Mench#xFA;: Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Mench#xFA;, aGuatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to manyIndian communities in Latin America. Mench#xFA; suffered gross injustice andhardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother weremurdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned tocatechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well asreligious commitment. Mench#xFA; vividly conveys the traditional beliefs ofher community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas.Above all, these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage andpassionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman. Who Is Rigoberta Mench#xFA;? by Greg Grandin: In 1984, Nobel Peace Prize#x13;winner and indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Mench#xFA; published I, Rigoberta Mench#xFA;, her autobiographical account of life in Guatemala under a military dictatorship to great acclaim. The book rapidly transformed the study and understanding of modern Guatemalan history. Since then, her memoir has increasingly become a target for rightwing historians and commentators seeking to discredit Mench#xFA;#x19;s account and to deny the genocide carried out by the Guatemalan military regime with US support. Greg Grandin, in this crucial accompaniment to Mench#xFA;#x19;s work, takes on her critics to set the story straight. He investigates the historical context and political realities that underlie Mench#xFA;#x19;s past and the ongoing debate surrounding it, in this substantial new work on Guatemalan history.