EL INDIO

by Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 17, 1937

The story of an Indian hill town in Mexico, the coming of the whites to look for gold and the vengeance wreaked on them by the Indians, the local customs and traditions, the reverberations of the revolution and the disappearance of desire for Indian welfare in the clouds of politics. Simply told, with no individual as here or heroine, depicting the ignominious position held by the descendants of the original inhabitants of Mexico. In the class with The Underdogs, by Azuela, coming, as it does, from a Mexican and having won the National Prize of Literature.

Pub Date: Feb. 17, 1937

ISBN: 0826414575

Page Count: -

Publisher: Bobbs, Merrill

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1937

Categories: FICTION