Enchanted Dulcinea

Dulcinea encantada is a 1992 English translation of the 1993 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winner by Mexican author Angelina Muñiz-Huberman, exploring identity formation and exile through storytelling and experimental writing, with a crypto-Jewish presence typical of Muñiz-Hubermans writing.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Dulcinea Enchanted (1992) by Mexican author Angelina Muñiz-Huberman is a translation of the 1993 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winner. Dulcinea travels in a car, writing novels in her mind about several Dulcineas: a medieval princess on a quest, a nineteenth-century lady-in-waiting in Mexico, and a twentieth-century young woman who was sent to Russia as a girl to escape the Spanish Civil War and later journeys to Mexico to reunite with her parents. Unsure of her identity, Dulcinea remembers, debates, and records memories of her exile. As she circles Mexico City, she examines the role of memory, speech, and writing through her fragmented narrative voice. Dulcinea explores her place in the world through storytelling, blurring the line between reality and imagination. This novel pairs a lyrical and contemplative style with experimental writing to present common themes of identity formation and exile in a unique form. Dulcinea's quest is also one of spiritual connection with apocalyptic and mystical overtones. With allusions to both Christian and Jewish mystical traditions, this novel reveals a crypto-Jewish presence typical of Muñiz-Huberman's writing, forming part of a Sephardic literary tradition. This edition includes an introduction and annotations by the translator, Rebecca Marquis.

Weight: 295g
Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793634856