← Miguel Angel AsturiasEl Señor Presidenteby Miguel Angel AsturiasDystopian novel depicting authoritarian dictatorship and state control in Central AmericaFind on Amazon↗About the authorMiguel Angel AsturiasGuatemalan Nobel Prize-winning novelist who blended Mayan mythology with surrealism in El Señor Presidente and the Banana Trilogy. He was a foundational figure of Latin American magical realism.More by Miguel Angel AsturiasMen of MaizeMythic novel weaving Mayan cosmology with indigenous resistance and colonial conflict→The Green Pope→Strong WindNovel depicting foreign corporate exploitation and peasant struggle in Central America→Weekend in Guatemala→