This novel commemorates the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Mexican
Revolution. I have written the book because I am fond of Mexico, where
I have lived for many years. My story of an hacienda family, though
not historical, represents the end of hacienda life, the passing of the
landed aristocracy and the beginning of a democratic way. Only through
volcanic eruption and earthquake could I symbolize the great social
changes that began to take place about 1910.
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_When the Owl Cries _
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