by Miguel Ángel Asturias · Círculo de lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422621621
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«Hombres de maíz» is the novel by Miguel Ángel Asturias, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
The work delves into the worldview of indigenous peoples and their bond with the land, threatened by modernization and exploitation. Through characters and symbols, Asturias shows the fracture between human beings and nature and vindicates ancestral wisdom.
The novel was originally published in 1949; this edition is from 1986.
For readers interested in symbolic narrative and the clash between tradition and modernity.
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures, especially those of his native Guatemala.
