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The President
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
15 posts | 8 read | 1 reading | 6 to read
Fiction. In English translation. Guatemalan diplomat and writer Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) began this award-winning work while still a law student. It is a story of a ruthless dictator and his schemes to dispose of a political adversary in an unnamed Latin American country usually identified as Guatemala. The book has been acclaimed for portraying both a totalitarian government and its damaging psychological effects. Drawing from his experiences as a journalist writing under repressive conditions, Asturias employs such literary devices as satire to convey the governments transgressions and surrealistic dream sequences to demonstrate the police states impact on the individual psyche. Asturiass stance against all forms of injustice in Guatemala caused critics to view the author as a compassionate spokesperson for the oppressed. My work, Asturias promised when he accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature, will continue to reflect the voice of the people, gathering their myths and popular beliefs and at the same time seeking to give birth to a universal consciousness of Latin American problems.
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AnneCecilie
AnneCecilie
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
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Mehso-so

I came across this author and book looking for books written by Guatemalan authors for #Guatemala #foodandlit. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967 so I thought the library would have books by him. In was the blurb to this book, originally written in 1946, that pulled me in. The blurbs says it was a satire about a ruthless dictator. I never pick it satire but it‘s definitely about a dictator and people around him and the people that is

AnneCecilie wrongly put in jail because of his policies. For me something was missing, maybe it was too many people to follow in such a thin book. 3y
AnneCecilie @Texreader @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks 3y
Catsandbooks That artwork is interesting! 3y
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AnneCecilie
AnneCecilie
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
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#BookReport

I finished the Emily book #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead and Four Hundred Souls #409Souls. Continued with Hood Feminism #SheSaid

I finished Blue Monday and read Whose Body?, Patina and Monet. I‘m currently reading the tagged book and hope to finish today.

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Cinfhen 😊🙌🏻💚 3y
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BlazinHoney
BlazinHoney
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
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Guilty 🙋🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ #bookhumor #tbr #littens

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Susanita
Susanita
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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If you want to buy a #hammock in Guatemala, head to the local artisans‘ market. #letstraveljuly

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OriginalCyn620 👌🏻❤️😊 6y
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Luciano1
Luciano1
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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#miwate

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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#nightstand

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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#Guatemala #Asturias #nobel

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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#24in48 @24in48 #pepsi #guatemala #poolside

8 hours logged!

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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6 hours logged! #24in48 @24in48

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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I‘m behind! I‘m always behind! #24in48 @24in48

#sangria #booksandbooze #guatemala

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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Back at it with spilled #coffee! #24in48 #booksandbeans

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Wannabe_Quijote
Wannabe_Quijote
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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#24in48 with #sangria

#booksandbooze #booksinspanish #nobelwinner #guatemala

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loleebs
loleebs
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
Pickpick

Read this for IB in high school, really resonates with me in 2018.

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Marchpane
Marchpane
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
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Happy weekend!! 📚📕❤️📙💛📒💚📗💙📘💜📚

#bookrainbow #rainbowbooks #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

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Beckys_Books So pretty! 8y
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Alytrue That Madame Bovary cover is GORGEOUS ! 8y
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sofiaga
sofiaga
The President | Miguel Angel Asturias
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Pickpick

I was thinking that I can use Litsy to let you know a little bit more about Latin American authors who have been translated into English. Miguel Ángel Asturias is the only Centroamerican writer to have won the Nobel. The President is a portrait of the typical dictator in the region.

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