The short story that was expanded into this novel was conceived because of its author's anger at the clearing of rubble following a devastating earthquake.
The short story that was expanded into this novel was conceived because of its author's anger at the clearing of rubble following a devastating earthquake. This novel, which was expanded from "The Political Beggars," includes an incident in which an infant starves to death after soldiers coat his mother's breasts with lime. The main events of the novel are set in place after a man gets killed for jeering the word "mother" by Zany, who is later shot by Rodas in front of the puppeteer Don Benjamin. In this novel, Miguel Angel Face (an HELL fah SAY) is arrested while traveling to Washington D.C. for an assignment and later dies after hearing that his wife Camila has married his brutal former employer. For 10 points, name this dictator novel that satirizes the native Guatemala of its author Miguel Asturias.
The short story that was expanded into this novel was conceived because of its author's anger at the clearing of rubble following a devastating earthquake.
El Senor Presidente [or The Mister President]