Buenos Aires: Goyanarte. (1956). A novel based on the US-backed overthrow of the Arbenz government in Guatemala in 1954 -- a Cold War-related move against a left-leaning nationalist government that did much to set the stage for the next three decades of tensions between the U.S. and the various Central American republics. Asturias, for his open criticism of Yanqui interventionism, was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1966 -- the highest such honor conferred in the old U.S.S.R. The following year--in what may be construed as a battle for the hearts and minds of his constituency -- he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the West's highest international honor. A major novel by one of the most important writers of the postwar era, whose ability to integrate indigenous myths and social protest was a major accomplishment that helped shape the contemporary Latin American novel. Abrasions to front flyleaf and front cover; ink marks to three pages of text; some wear to top edge and creasing to spine; still a respectable copy in self-wraps. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

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Bookseller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007850
Title: Week-End En Guatemala
Author: ASTURIAS, Miguel Angel
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Goyanarte
Place of Publication: Buenos Aires
Date Published: (1956)

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We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.

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