A novel whose time has come: the Nobel Prize?winning author of Mr. President?s visionary epic of ecological devastation, capitalist exploitation, and Indigenous wisdom, now available again for its 75th anniversary with a new introduction and with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar A Penguin Classic Deep in the mountain forests of Guatemala, a community of Indigenous Mayans?the "men of maize"?serves as stewards to sacred corn crops. When profiteering outsiders encroach on their territory and threaten to abuse the fertile land, they enter a bloody struggle to protect their way of life. Blurring the lines between history and mythology, Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias's lush, dream-like work offers a prescient warning against the loss of ancestral wisdom and the environmental destruction set in motion by colonial oppression and capitalist greed.
| Author: Miguel Ángel Asturias |
| Publisher: Penguin |
| Publication Date: Sep 10, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 385 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0143138405 |
| ISBN-13: 9780143138402 |
