The Medicine Man

In his most celebrated work, Mexican writer Francisco Rojas Gonz lez 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.

Author: Robert S. Rudder, Gloria Arjona, Francisco Rojas Gonzalez
Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
Published: 01/15/2000
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.40w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781891270079
ISBN10: 1891270079
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Hispanic & Latino

About the Author
Francisco Rojas Gonzalez 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 editorandtranslator 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 Nazarin."

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