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Translator’s note

Introduction

I The family

II Birth ceremonies

III The nahual

IV First visit to the finca. Life in the finca

V First visit to Guatemala City

VI An eight-year-old agricultural worker

VII Death of her little brother in the finca. Difficulty of communicating with other Indians

VIII Life in the Altiplano. Rigoberta’s tenth birthday

IX Ceremonies for sowing time and harvest. Relationships with the earth

X The natural world. The earth, mother of man

XI Marriage ceremonies

XII Life in the community

XIII Death of her friend by poisoning

XIV A maid in the capital

XV Conflict with the landowners and the creation of the CUC

XVI Period of reflection on the road to follow

XVII Self-defence in the village

XVIII The Bible and self-defence: the examples of Judith, Moses and David

XIX Attack on the village by the army

XX The death of Doña Petrona Chona

XXI Farewell to the community: Rigoberta decides to learn Spanish

XXII The CUC comes out into the open

XXIII Political activity in other communities. Contacts with ladinos

XXIV The torture and death of her little brother, burnt alive in front of members of his family and the community

XXV Rigoberta’s father dies in the occupation of the Spanish embassy. Peasants march to the capital

XXVI Rigoberta talks about her father

XXVII Kidnapping and death of Rigoberta’s mother

XXVIII Death

XXIX Fiestas and Indian queens

XXX Lessons taught her by her mother: Indian women and ladino women

XXXI Women and political commitment. Rigoberta renounces marriage and motherhood

XXXII Strike of agricultural workers and the First of May in the capital

XXXIII In hiding in the capital. Hunted by the army

XXXIV Exile

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