Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393310832)

Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part myth, part visionary hoodlum and part brilliant general.

A troubled childhood--marked by his father's early death in the fields and his sister's rape by a local landowner--and a prophetic dream propel young Villa through a period of lawlessness and drifting and into life as a military leader. The story moves convincingly through the events of Villa's life, showing him to be a man of fierce passions and moral conviction, a natural leader for the rebellion.

Author: Earl Shorris
ISBN-10: 0393310833
ISBN-13: 9780393310832
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1993
Pages: 638
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.60d