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Hombres de maíz / Men of Maize
Novel , 1949
Alianza
Pages: 434
Social protest and poetry; reality and myth; nostalgia for an uncorrupted, golden past; sensual human enjoyment of the present; 'magic' rather than lineal time, and, above all, a tender, compassionate love for the living, fertile, wondrous land and the struggling, hopeful people of Guatemala.
The title Hombres de maíz refers to the Maya Indians' belief that their flesh was made of corn.