{"product_id":"men-of-maize","title":"Men of Maize","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel whose time has come: the Nobel Prize–winning author of Mr. President’s visionary epic of ecological devastation, capitalist exploitation, and Indigenous wisdom, now available again for its 75th anniversary with a new introduction and with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep 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":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867047309536,"sku":"0143138405","price":3150.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9780143138402.jpg?v=1772432549","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/ja\/products\/men-of-maize","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}