![]() ![]() The brief prologue describes the birth of a girl child in Merida in 1906. ![]() It’s unclear how much of this story is autobiography and how much is fiction, but in any case it’s a good read. So she set about investigating her grandmother Amanda’s story, using bits and pieces of what she and her family knew and she could find out by locating and interviewing people in and around Merida who remembered her grandmother’s family. Her grandmother, however, was born and raised in Merida, the daughter of a prominent Meridano family, and Rosy wanted to know more about this woman who was important in her life but who would never speak about the time when she was a child and a young woman living in the State of Yucatan. Rosy Hugener grew up in Mexico City but now lives in Chicago. ![]() ![]() The book is available via Amazon in paperback or Kindle edition.įor those who read English and are interested in the Yucatan Peninsula, this is a good choice for an idea of what life in Merida was like in the early years of the 20th century, focusing primarily on the 1920s. Here is his latest review, of a book called Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan by Rosy Hugener and Carl J Hugener (January, 2011). James Gunn, an expat who apparently spends a good bit of his time reading about the Yucatan in both English and Spanish. Editor's Note: A frequent contributor on the subject of literature is Dr. ![]()
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