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Mulata de tal (A Kind of Mulatto) is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias. Asturias published this novel while he and his wife were living in Genoa in 1963. Within a few years of publication, this novel emerged as a major work.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1963
Mar 7, 2023 · Mulata de Tal Novela. by. miguel angel asturias. Publication date. 1963. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive.
In Mulata de tal, Asturias fuses surrealism with indigenous tradition in something called the "great language" ("la gran lengua"). In this Maya tradition, the people bestow magical power to certain words and phrases; similar to a witch's chant or curse.
Mulata de tal es, sin lugar a dudas, una de las grandes novelas olvidadas de la historia. Más que incomprendida, fue deliberadamente silenciada por vicisitudes más vinculadas a la política latinoamericana de fines de los años sesenta, así como a una inclinación estética modernizante y eurocéntricamente cosmopolita por parte de los ...
Dec 11, 2019 · Miguel Angel Asturias was a Guatemalan writer, diplomat, and Nobel Prize winner known for socially relevant novels; champion of indigenous culture.
- Rebecca Bodenheimer
Guatemalan poet, novelist, diplomat, and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1967. Asturias's writings combine the mysticism of the Maya with epic impulse toward social protest. His most famous novel is EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE (1946), about life under the rule of a ruthless dictator.
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Miguel Ángel Asturias: Mulata de tal (UK: The Mulatta and Mr. Fly; US: Mulata) Asturias’ last novel saw something of a return to his roots, as it is essentially a series of tales, with a unifying theme set around a traditional legend. The basic plot is simple.