Tinisima

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"Long though it is this English version of Tinisima Poniatowskas novel based closely on the life of Italian photographer Tina Modotti (1896-1942) represents a considerable abridgment of the original. Implicitly however the textual recreation is the work of Poniatowska herself who signs the acknowledgments thanks Katherine Silver (whose translation is excellent) and writes a new dedication for the book"--Handbook of Latin American Studies v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/A fictionalized account of Tina Modottis life covers her relationship with photographer Edward Weston their time in Mexico her involvement with the Mexican Communist Party and her eventual flight to the U.S.S.R. while under suspicion for the murder of her lover