Description
Set in Mexico in the early 1920s, this intimate epistolary novel unfolds as a sequence of twelve love letters from a Russian painter to Diego Rivera—an artist she admires, depends on, and ultimately cannot fully reach. As her correspondence goes unanswered, the letters trace the emotional cost of longing while also charting her determination to keep creating, even when love falters. Blending historical resonance with personal testimony, the book explores themes of unrequited devotion, artistic self-invention, and the complicated power dynamics between muse and maker. In Elena Poniatowska’s distinctive, Latin American literary tradition—where lived experience and narrative craft meet—each letter becomes both confession and creative act, revealing how a woman’s voice can grow stronger in the silence of another.
Available Editions
paperback
Liverpool University Press
Published Jan 1, 2012
96 pages
ISBN: 9780856688805
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Dear Diego by Elena Poniatowska.