 Book Review
The book came on time! It was in good condition! Overall I am a happy customer!
 Big Hoax
This is the classic left wing - right wing myth that helps selling books. After all the absurdities lived during the cold war, a book of absurdities could be considered obsolete. As a matter of fact, buying things like this book contributes to give this lady a way of living. A leader she is not, a writer not either. Burgos' credit for this forgery could be claimed, but to call this book an epic... We still live in a lawless state in Guatemala. Instead of this, I would strongly recommend The Art of Political Murder, a much wiser investment if you want to know about what is going on in Guatemala.
This work devalues the Nobel Prize...
We have lived in Guatemala for several years and know people who know her and her family along with living through the war. It's too bad the Nobel people didn't do their research as this book is not the truth of what happened to her but a fabrication. It really does degrade the award. Then, after received the awared, while her people suffered there in Guatemala, she was living the high-life on the $1,000,000 prize. Not until there was great outrage by her home town, threatening to expose her, did she donate a small portion of her awared towards a local school. I agree however with another comment that says at least it drew attention to the atrocities that happened during the war. Those things were absolutely horrible!
Who's fiddling with the title?
The title of this book is, "Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans ..." and in light of the criticism of it, the generality in the title is important.
So who decided to change the title?
 Disappointed
I bought this book hoping to learn about the Maya people of Guatemala. I discovered halfway through the book, that the author gave false testimony of her life. This was disburbing and made the rest of the read deflating. I'm glad I read it because I learned about her mindset and customs of her community. I realize that horrific atrocities were perpetuated against the Maya by the military and this book helped bring attention to the genocide. I believe that was important, but I'm disappointed that the author chose to create falsehoods. It brings her credibility, in general into question. In addition, the book was a difficult read - redundant and the layout of the narrative was confusing.
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