by Miguel Ángel Asturias · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253037682
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«Le pape vert» is the novel by Miguel Ángel Asturias, French translation of El papa verde, published by LGF in paperback (443 pages, in French).
The novel denounces the manoeuvres of big American capital in Guatemala and the political complicities that sustain it. With sharp dialogue and a realistic gaze, Asturias portrays corruption and exploitation through a calculating, unscrupulous foreign businessman.
Second instalment of Asturias's Banana Trilogy. Originally published in 1954 as El papa verde; this French edition is from 1985, in paperback.
For readers of Latin American fiction seeking stories with historical background, political critique and denunciation of imperialism.
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.
