false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg 73723 23 Winner! Nobel Prize for Literature. Guatemalan diplomat and writer Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) began this award-winning work while still a law student. It is a story of 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 government's transgressions and surrealistic dream sequences to demonstrate the police state's impact on the individual psyche. Asturias's 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, "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." 71336 book 1946 The President total:164|5:57|4:53|3:36|2:13|1:5| 164 636 263 23 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 3 0 false Fri Oct 03 02:01:33 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:14:59 -0800 2009 The President is my book from Guatemala for the Read The World challenge. I’m probably going to count it it towards Scavella’s Caribbean Reading Challenge as well, although I haven’t really worked out my list for that yet. It comes with one high recommendation: Asturias was, as it says on the ...more...]]> 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 3 0 false Tue Apr 03 23:58:10 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 23:59:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 3 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 09:55:43 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 22:09:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 5 0 false Tue Dec 09 18:19:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:23:18 -0800 2008 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 1 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Wed Jan 07 08:37:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:13:12 -0800 2009 1 6508808 848377321X 9788483773215 2 1 3.88 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6508808-el-senor-presidente 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat May 30 17:06:30 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 17:19:55 -0700 2009 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 0 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 13:41:37 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 18:54:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 73723 0881339512 9780881339512 101 15 3.88 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170840451m/73723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73723.The_President 4 0 false Thu Jan 17 19:31:11 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 19:33:26 -0800 2008
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