Mr. President / Miguel Ángel Asturias ; translated by David Unger ; foreword by Mario Vargas Llosa ; introduction by Gerald Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asturias, Miguel Angel, author.

Contributor:

Unger, David, 1950- translator.

Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-2025, writer of foreword.

Martin, Gerald, 1944- writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Señor Presidente. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Dictators--Fiction.

Dictators.

Power (Social sciences)--Fiction.

Power (Social sciences).

Guatemala--Fiction.

Guatemala.

Latin America--Fiction.

Latin America.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Political fiction.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 282 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Mister President

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, [2022]

Summary:

"Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias's masterpiece-the original Latin American dictator novel and pioneering work of magical realism-in its first new English translation in more than half a century, featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. A Penguin Classic. In an unnamed country, an egomaniacal dictator schemes to dispose of a political adversary and maintain his grip on power. As tyranny takes hold, everyone is forced to choose between compromise and death. Inspired by life under the regime of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala, where it was banned for many years, and infused with exuberant lyricism, Mayan symbolism, and Guatemalan vernacular, Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias's magnum opus is at once a surrealist masterpiece, a blade-sharp satire of totalitarianism, and a gripping portrait of psychological terror."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Spanish as El Senor Presidente by Costa-Amic, Mexico City" -- Title page verso.

Other Format:

Online version: Asturias, Miguel Angel. Señor Presidente. English. Mr. President.

ISBN:

9780143136385

0143136380

OCLC:

1277279505

Publisher Number:

17676366