El Señor Presidente (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Miguel Ángel Asturias
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Dictators, Politics, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Poverty or poor people, Fear, Oppression, Revenge, Cruelty, Latin America or Latin Americans, Guatemala or Guatemalans
- Locales: Guatemala
Places Discussed
Cathedral. Unnamed cathedral in whose shadow the novel opens as the sleep of several homeless men is disturbed by a police officer who starts to taunt a mentally disturbed man, who in turn inadvertently kills him. In medieval Europe, cathedrals were once places where those pursued for any reason could take refuge without fear of reprisal. However, this is decidedly not true in this unnamed country, where everyone from the rejects of society to the one-time elite may suffer arbitrary and senseless violence in any location, including a church.
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