The Shadow of the Strongman
A searing novel of the post-1910 Mexican revolutionary era that itself challenged the Mexican political establishment, Guzmán's The Shadow of the Strongman (La Sombra del Caudillo) stands beside Azuela's The Underdogs (Los de abajo) in the pantheon of Mexican fiction. Unmasking the years of political intrigue and assassination that followed the Revolution, the novel was adapted in the 1960 film La Sombra del Caudillo, which was banned in Mexico for thirty years.
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The Shadow of the Strongman
A searing novel of the post-1910 Mexican revolutionary era that itself challenged the Mexican political establishment, Guzmán's The Shadow of the Strongman (La Sombra del Caudillo) stands beside Azuela's The Underdogs (Los de abajo) in the pantheon of Mexican fiction. Unmasking the years of political intrigue and assassination that followed the Revolution, the novel was adapted in the 1960 film La Sombra del Caudillo, which was banned in Mexico for thirty years.
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The Shadow of the Strongman

The Shadow of the Strongman

by Martín Luis Guzmán
The Shadow of the Strongman

The Shadow of the Strongman

by Martín Luis Guzmán

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Overview

A searing novel of the post-1910 Mexican revolutionary era that itself challenged the Mexican political establishment, Guzmán's The Shadow of the Strongman (La Sombra del Caudillo) stands beside Azuela's The Underdogs (Los de abajo) in the pantheon of Mexican fiction. Unmasking the years of political intrigue and assassination that followed the Revolution, the novel was adapted in the 1960 film La Sombra del Caudillo, which was banned in Mexico for thirty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781624666650
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date: 09/01/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 280
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Martín Luis Guzmán (1887 - 1976) was a Mexican journalist and novelist who served under Pancho Villa, and was the author of a five-volume biography of Villa.

Gustavo Pellón is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia.
Gustavo Pellon is Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, University of Virginia.
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