Dec 25, 2009
El Señor Presidente | El Señor Presidente
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
- Setting: Guatemala
- Principal Characters: The President, The Zany, Colonel José Sonriente, General Eusebio Canales, Camila, Miguel Ángel Face, Fedina de Rodas
- 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
The Story:
The Zany and his fellow homeless beggars lay sleeping in the
shadow of the cathedral as night fell. Too poor to pay fines, they
were generally undisturbed by the police, but Colonel Sonriente
decided to amuse himself by tormenting the Zany, whose one comfort
in his miserable life was memories of his mother. When the colonel
awakened him by shouting, “Mother!” in his ear, the
Zany jumped up and beat the colonel to death.
The beggars were rounded up by the police and tortured to reveal
the identity of the murderer. Strangely enough, the correct answer,
the...
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