In this novel, the desperate life of railway workers in 20th Century Mexico is portrayed with great detail and empathy; labor battles, misery, the illusion of a concilliatory strike and the depth of betrayal. Through these pages José Trigo arises, a ghostly character that is more of a symbol than a protagonist, along with many characters who are victims of the Cristero calamity of the 1930s, a history of corruption within the union, and the nation's unjust progress. [Translated from back cover.] En ésta novela se retratan con detalle y empatía la despesperanzada vida de los ferrocarrileros en México de mediados del siglo xx, sus batallas laborales y su miseria, la ilusión de una huelga redentora y la severidad de la traición. Por estas páginas atraviesa un fantasmal José Trigo, más símbolo que protagonista, y un conjunto de personajes doloridos, víctimas del drama cristero de los años treinta, de la corrupción sindical de las décadas posteriores y del inequitativo progreso de la nación. [From back cover.]
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