
Mr. President
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The novel depicts a society subjected to dictatorship and terror, drawing on the rule of Estrada Cabrera.
Original title: El señor presidente
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Asturias moves from the machinery of dictatorship to a Maya vision of land and maize. Rigoberta Menchú’s testimony adds an Indigenous perspective on political violence. Monterroso’s short forms combine precision and irony, while Rey Rosa takes questions of estrangement beyond national borders. Halfon examines family roots between Guatemala, Europe and Holocaust memory.
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The novel depicts a society subjected to dictatorship and terror, drawing on the rule of Estrada Cabrera.
Original title: El señor presidente

A Maya community defends sacred maize against commercial exploitation of the land.
Original title: Hombres de maíz

Autofictional stories connect family investigations, Holocaust memory and questions of cultural roots.
Original title: El boxeador polaco

A stranded tourist and a young Moroccan cross paths in Tangier in a spare narrative of borders and estrangement.
Original title: La orilla africana

This volume gathers short forms from two books, combining irony, literary wit and social criticism.

The Indigenous activist’s testimony, edited by Elisabeth Burgos, recounts labour, oppression and political violence.

A journey through family memories uncovers silences surrounding a child’s death and exile.

An inquiry into his grandfather’s kidnapping uncovers family silences and the wounds of Guatemala’s war.
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