Essential Reading
Mr. President, Miguel Ángel Asturias, 1946
This surreal, fictional account of a nation gripped by tyranny was inspired by the presidency of Manuel Estrada Cabrera. For years, it was banned in Guatemala.
The Popol Vuh, Michael Bazzett (Translator), 2018
Considered the sacred creation myth of the K’iche’—a Maya people of Guatemala and other regions—this epic tale is one of the few surviving Maya texts.
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray and Rigoberta Men...
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