The shadow of the strongman (La sombra del caudillo) / by Martín Luis Guzmán ; edited and translated by Gustavo Pellón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guzmán, Martín Luis, 1887-1976, author.

Contributor:

Pellón, Gustavo, editor, translator.

Standardized Title:

Sombra del caudillo. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Fiction.

Mexico.

History.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2017]

Summary:

"La sombra del Caudillo was first published in 1929 in Spain where Guzman had fled in 1923 and settled to avoid the wrath of Obregon and called for supporting Adolfo de la Huerta's candidacy for president. With this publication of The Shadow of the Strongman, English-language readers have access for the first time to an important document of Mexican twentieth-century culture, a novel of political intrigue that has gripped generations of Mexican and other Spanish-language readers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Translator's preface

Chronology of Martín Luis Guzmán's life

Chronology of the Mexican Revolution

Key to characters in the novel and their historical models

The Shadow of the strongman

Appendix: historical and literary context of The Shadow of the strongman

The Mexican Revolution

The Shadow of the strongman in the context of the Revolution

Literary considerations

Martín Luis Guzmán's view of the Revolution

Recommended readings

Glossary

Related texts.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781624666278

1624666272

9781624666285

1624666280

OCLC:

988864492