Myth & legend told as fiction

Women who Kill

by Sylvia Arvizu

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The author spent 15 years in prison. She interviewed most of her inmates about the crimes for which they were imprisoned for, selected the best stories, and narrated them as brilliant true crime stories told during their everyday life of imprisonment. At the same time, she shows how commiting a crime was the only way to escape from an oppresing living conditions. Every story dives into the human condition and its social restrains, in magnificent story-telling techniques not exent of a sour sense of humour.

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Sylvia Arvizu is a graduate of Communication Studies and worked for many years as a radio announcer becoming quite famous in the North of Mexico, before commiting the crime for which she spent 15 years in prison. She won dozens of writing contests for convicts before sending her work to two contests in the civil world, both of which she won with Celdas rosas (Pink Prison Cells) and Morir de tiricia y carcelazo (To die of sorrow and imprisonment).

Author Biography

Sylvia Arvizu is a graduate of Communication Studies and work for many years as a radio announcer becoming quite famous in the North of Mexico, before commiting the crime for which she spent 15 years in prison. She won dozens of writing contests for convicts before sending her work to two contests in the civil world, both of which she won with Celdas rosas (Pink Prison Cells) and Morir de tiricia y carcelazo (To die of sorrow and imprisonment).

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Nitro/Press is an independent publishing house founded in 1997 that specialises in avant-garde stories and essays by authors of different generations from all over Mexico and Latin America.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher/Imprint Nitro/Press / Yes
  • Publication Date 2013
  • Orginal LanguageSpanish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9786078256136
  • Publication Country or regionMexico
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 120 MXN
  • Pages112
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleMujeres que matan
  • Original Language Authorsspa
  • Edition1
  • Copyright Year2013
  • Dimensions225x150 mm
  • IllustrationNo
  • SeriesLetras rojas
  • Series Part2

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