{"product_id":"9780143138402","title":"Men of Maize","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Asturias, Miguel Angel \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/04\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780143138402,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel whose time has come: the Nobel Prize–winning author's visionary epic of ecological devastation, capitalist exploitation and indigenous wisdomDeep in the mountain forests of Guatemala, a community of Indigenous Mayans – the 'men of maize' – serves as stewards to sacred corn crops. When profiteering outsiders encroach on their territory and threaten to abuse the fertile land, they enter a bloody struggle to protect their way of life. Blurring the lines between history and mythology, Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias's lush, dream-like work offers a prescient warning against the loss of ancestral wisdom and the environmental destruction set in motion by colonial oppression and capitalist greed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56663812211061,"sku":"9780143138402","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780143138402.jpg?v=1769427774","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780143138402","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}