# The Book of Lamentations

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- Book: [The Book of Lamentations](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosario-castellanos/the-book-of-lamentations) ([The Book of Lamentations.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosario-castellanos/the-book-of-lamentations.md))
- Authors: [Rosario Castellanos](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosario-castellanos)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-003-8
- Pages: 400
- Published: 1998-08-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Set in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas, The Book of Lamentations tells of a fictionalized Mayan uprising that resembles many of the rebellions that have taken place since the indigenous people...