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A Beauty that Hurts : Life and Death in Guatemala

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When A Beauty That Hurts used to be published in 1995, Guatemala used to be still probably the most world’s most flagrant violators of human rights. Now that a measure of “peace” has come to the country, George Lovell revisits “the land that I fell in love with” to reassess and revise his classic account of the evil that used to be perpetrated by Guatemala’s military-dominated state on its Maya peoples.

One newly contentious issue to which Lovell devotes particular attention is the testimony of Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú, which used to be challenged by David Stoll in his book Rigoberta Menchú and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans. Lovell argues that culture clash is the obvious reason for this controversy. North Americans demand individual testimony that may face up to challenge by other individuals, whilst Menchú has all the time stated that her testimony used to be on behalf of her community.

Lovell brings years of insight to A Beauty That Hurts. He documents what has taken place in Guatemala by examining political events and exploring the personal drama of its citizens, especially the Maya. His new epilogue, in keeping with a contemporary discuss with to Guatemala, brings the story up to the present.

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