Men of Maize
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Summary
Deep in the mountain forests of Guatemala, a community of Indigenous Mayans – the 'men of maize' – serves as stewards to sacred corn crops. When profiteering outsiders encroach on their territory and threaten to abuse the fertile land, they enter a bloody struggle to protect their way of life. Blurring the lines between history and mythology, Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias's lush, dream-like work offers a prescient warning against the loss of ancestral wisdom and the environmental destruction set in motion by colonial oppression and capitalist greed.
Reviews
I find it difficult to imagine similar depth, whether by or about the Indigenous people, anywhere in Latin American literature ... The translation ... is an achievement unto itself
Eduardo Galeano, Los Angeles Times