Name: Guerrero: A Novel of Conquest and Resistance
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Author: José Ángel Mañas

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Guerrero: A Novel of Conquest and Resistance

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Physical Book

Author

José Ángel Mañas

Publisher

University Of New Mexico Press

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780826366863

Guerrero: A Novel of Conquest and Resistance

José Ángel Mañas (Author) · University Of New Mexico Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "Guerrero: A Novel of Conquest and Resistance"

Celebrated Spanish writer José Ángel Mañas makes his English-language debut with Guerrero, a novel based on the real-life Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Guerrero, who defied Cortés and fought against Spain with his adopted Mayan tribe. In January 1512, a caravel full of gold and Indian slaves sinks in a fierce storm. A small group of survivors including Guerrero wash up on a beach in Yucatán. Captured by Cocome Mayans, some are sacrificed; the rest are enslaved. Two survive: the young priest Jerónimo de Aguilar and the seasoned soldier Guerrero. They are redeemed by the rival and more sympathetic Tutul Xiúe Mayans. Jerónimo clings to his prayerbook, while Gonzalo becomes fascinated with Mayan culture and religion, joining with his new Mayan family to fight against Spanish conquest. For his crime, he is wiped from the record books of colonial Spain. Though little is known of Guerrero today, in this masterful short novel he becomes a larger-than-life figure of resistance and honor.

José Ángel Mañas

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José Ángel Mañas was born in Madrid on October 22, 1971. He holds a degree in Contemporary History from the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 1994, he was a finalist for the Nadal Prize with his first work, Historias del Kronen. The novel had a great impact and paved the way for a new generation of writers. After its publication, the writer lived for several years between Madrid and Toulouse. He currently resides in Madrid. A finalist for the Nadal Prize in 1994, inspiring one of the highest-grossing films of the nineties and selected by the newspaper El Mundo as one of the hundred best Spanish novels of all time, Historias del Kronen, the debut work of José Ángel Mañas (Madrid, 1971), no longer needs an introduction and has been considered, on its own merits, as a true contemporary classic, an unavoidable reference point in fin de siècle literature in Spanish. Following Kronen, Mañas has written a dozen more novels, among which Ciudad rayada stands out especially for its quality and verbal fantasy. Other works published by the author: Mensaka, La pella, Soy un escritor frustrado, Sospecha, La literatura explicada a los asnos, Todos iremos al paraíso.

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