The Green Pope

Name: The Green Pope
Author: Miguel Angel Asturias

About the author

Guatemalan 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 Asturias

El Señor PresidenteDystopian novel depicting authoritarian dictatorship and state control in Central America
Men of MaizeMythic novel weaving Mayan cosmology with indigenous resistance and colonial conflict
Strong WindNovel depicting foreign corporate exploitation and peasant struggle in Central America
Weekend in Guatemala