Based on real events, this true crime novel tells the story of Mauricia Hernandez, who scandalized Guatemala in 1939 by poisoning her unloving husband. It is both the story of a woman lashing out at an unforgiving macho society and an exploration of life in Guatemala in the 1930s and 1940s, weaving the story of one woman together with the lost stories of thousands of other peasant women who, like her, faced challenges and unhappy realities in their homes, at their churches, and under their governments.

From the Darkness

Salazar, Oswaldo

Literature & Fiction

Aflame Books

<p>La novela se desarrolla a lo largo de dos ejes biográficos: las vidas del escritor y Premio Nobel de Literatura 1967, Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales; y su hijo, el Comandante de la orpa, Rodrigo Asturias Amado. La dinámica alterna y a la vez comparativa de estos relatos se lleva a cabo a través de un discurso narrativo entretejido con el lenguaje de algunas de las obras de Miguel Ángel Asturias.<br><br>La novela inicia con una carta que el joven Miguel Ángel Asturias remite a su madre desde París, en 1925. Desde este momento el autor entra a abordar ciertos detalles de la vida personal y familiar del Premio Nobel, que se sucederán a lo largo de la obra y que se intercalarán con la voz de su hijo, el guerrillero Rodrigo Asturias, alias Gaspar Ilom, que, al igual que su padre, representa una figura importantísima de Guatemala y Latinoamérica en el siglo x x.</p>

Hombres de papel / Paper Men (Spanish Edition)

United States

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From the Darkness

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