The Medicine Man - Softcover

Gonzalez, Francisco Rojas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891270079 ISBN 13: 9781891270079

Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press, 2000

Synopsis

In his most celebrated work, Mexican writer Francisco Rojas González offers a rare blend of literature and indigenous anthropology. Inspired by his fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, these 13 stories reflect the author's preoccupation with the totality of Mexican life and capture his heralded ability to penetrate the contradictions of human nature. The book is a dramatic presentation of myths, religious beliefs, and customs of Mexican Indians framed in their rigid, overpowering code of ethics. It served as the basis for the 1954 film Roots, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival of 1955.

About this title

About the Author:

Francisco Rojas González was a Mexican author, screenwriter, diplomat, and ethnographer. He was the recipient of a National Prize for Literature and is known for having a significant impact on mid-20th-century Mexican literature and cinema. Robert S. Rudder is an editor and translator of several noteworthy Latin American novels. Gloria Arjona is the translator of numerous Spanish-language books. They are the cotranslators of The City of Kings and Nazarín.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1891270079
• ISBN 13: 9781891270079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127