Product Description
Men of Maize
Author: Miguel Ángel Asturias
Format: Paperback
A novel whose time has come: the Nobel Prize-winning author's visionary epic of ecological devastation, capitalist exploitation and indigenous wisdom
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.
About the Author
Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967. A poet, diplomat and novelist from Guatemala, 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.
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