Men of Maize
$36.87
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2024
Summary
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 Hector 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 out…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143138402 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143138405 |
| Author: | Miguel Ángel Asturias, Gerald Martin, Héctor Tobar |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 198mm |
Critics Review
I find it difficult to imagine similar depth, whether by or about the Indigenous people, anywhere in Latin American literature … The translation … is an achievement unto itself – Eduardo Galeano * Los Angeles Times *
Men of Maize is Asturias’s Mayan masterpiece, his indigenous Ulysses, a deep dive into the forces that made and kept the Maya a subservient caste and the perpetual resistance that kept Guatemala’s many Mayan cultures alive and resilient – Héctor Tobar
Men of Maize may one day be considered the most important book written in Central America since the so-called ‘Maya Bible’ or ‘Maya Genesis,’ the Popol Vuh … A symbolic history of life on this planet, the whole vast world and universe viewed from the cruel and beautiful case study that was Guatemala … There are few novels from which more can be learned – Gerald Martin
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974)
A poet, diplomat, and novelist from Guatemala, Miguel Ángel Asturias was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967. He studied law in his home country before continuing his studies in Paris, where he encountered the surrealist writings that would deeply influence his work. In addition to being a prolific writer, he worked as a newspaper correspondent in western Europe and later as an ambassador for Guatemala in Europe and Latin America. He wrote numerous works of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, including the novels Mr. President and Men of Maize.
Gerald Martin (translator/introduction)
Gerald Martin is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages at the University of Pittsburgh. Among his publications are Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life and Journeys Through the Labyrinth: Latin American Fiction in the Twentieth Century. Martin lives in England.
Hector Tobar (foreword)
Hector Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a novelist, and a professor at the University of California, Irvine. His books include Our Migrant Souls, the New York Times bestseller Deep Down Dark, and The Barbarian Nurseries. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, Tobar is a native of Los Angeles, where he lives with his family.
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