{"product_id":"men-of-maize-9780143138402","title":"Men of Maize","description":"\u003cb\u003eA novel whose time has come: the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMr. President\u003c\/i\u003e's visionary epic of ecological devastation, capitalist exploitation, and Indigenous wisdom, now available again for its 75th anniversary with a new introduction and with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeep in the mountain forests of Guatemala, a community of Indigenous Mayans--the \"men of maize\"--serves as stewards to sacred corn crops. When profiteering outsiders encroach on their territory and threaten to abuse the fertile land, they enter a bloody struggle to protect their way of life. Blurring the lines between history and mythology, Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias's lush, dream-like work offers a prescient warning against the loss of ancestral wisdom and the environmental destruction set in motion by colonial oppression and capitalist greed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143138402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Miguel \u0026#195;\u0026#129;ngel Asturias","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44431965061301,"sku":"9780143138402","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6df2d397-a396-42a1-98c7-fdd9ff5ba266.jpg?v=1721139109","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/men-of-maize-9780143138402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}