by Elena Poniatowska · Punto de Lectura S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466306546
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«La piel del cielo» is the novel by Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska, published by Punto de Lectura S.L. in paperback (480 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Lorenzo de Tena, a man of humble origins whose intelligence brings him close to Mexico's wealthy class. His vocation for astronomy clashes with social inequalities and political temptations; along the way, love becomes as great a challenge as the stars.
This edition was published in March 2002; the novel won the Alfaguara Novel Prize in 2001.
Aimed at the general public, especially readers of contemporary fiction interested in Mexican literature.
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor, known professionally as Elena Poniatowska, is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered disenfranchised, especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents. Her mother's family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape World War II. When she was 18, she began writing for the newspaper Excélsior, doing interviews and society columns. Despite the lack of opportunity for women from the 1950s to the 1970s, she wrote about social and political issues in newspapers and both fiction and nonfiction books. Her best-known work is La noche de Tlatelolco: Testimonios de historia oral, about the repression of the 1968 student protests in Mexico City. Due to her left-wing views, she has been nicknamed "the Red Princess". She is considered "Mexico's grande dame of letters" and is still an active writer.
