The Lean Lands (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Agustín Yáñez
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s
- Setting: Tierra Santo, in Jalisco, Mexico
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Power, personal or social, 1920’s, Brothers, Fathers, Ethics, Mexico or Mexicans, Technology, Feudalism
- Locales: Mexico, Jalisco, Mexico
Characters Discussed
Epifanio Trujillo (eh-pee-FAH- nee-oh trew-HEE-yoh), an imperious landowner and patriarch, the father of approximately one hundred children by various mistresses. He has spent his life accumulating land, cattle, women, and children. Fat and lethargic in his old age, he comes under the complete domination of his daughter, Plácida. Because he failed to specify how his estate would be divided, he witnesses his heirs struggle among themselves for supremacy. His obsession with Teófila and his pursuit of her sewing machine leads to their destruction. After his...
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