{"id":73619,"date":"2024-12-12T13:38:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=73619"},"modified":"2024-12-12T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:38:42","slug":"book-beat-reading-group-mr-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2024\/12\/12\/book-beat-reading-group-mr-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Beat Reading Group: Mr. President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9780143136385_e45ea-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-73624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/9780143136385_e45ea-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\"><\/a>The Book Beat reading group selection for January is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9780143136385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. President<\/a><\/em> by Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias. We will meet virtually online (or person) via Zoom on <strong>Wednesday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Zoom link will be sent on the afternoon of the meeting to anyone interested in attending.<\/p>\n<p>The Book Beat reading group features international works in translation, and discussions are free and open to the public. Please call (248) 968-1190 or email bookbeatorders@gmail.com for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books are in stock and discounted 15%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan author Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias&#8217;s masterpiece\u2014the original Latin American dictator novel and pioneering work of magical realism\u2014in its first new English translation in more than half a century, featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.<\/p>\n<p>In an unnamed country, an egomaniacal dictator schemes to dispose of a political adversary and maintain his grip on power. As tyranny takes hold, everyone is forced to choose between compromise and death. Inspired by life under the regime of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala, where it was banned for many years, and infused with exuberant lyricism, Mayan symbolism, and Guatemalan vernacular, Nobel Prize winner Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias&#8217;s magnum opus is at once a surrealist masterpiece, a blade-sharp satire of totalitarianism, and a gripping portrait of psychological terror.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2240400.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-73622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2240400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\"><\/a>Miguel \u00c1ngel Asturias (1899-1974) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967. A poet, diplomat, and novelist from Guatemala, he studied law in his home country before continuing his studies in Paris, where he encountered the surrealist writings that would deeply influence his work. In addition to being a prolific writer, he worked as a newspaper correspondent in western Europe and later as an ambassador for Guatemala in Europe and Latin America. He wrote numerous works of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, including the novels <em>Mr. President<\/em> and <em>Men of Maize<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book Beat reading group selection for January is Mr. President by Miguel &Aacute;ngel Asturias. We will meet virtually online (or person) via Zoom on Wednesday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m. The Zoom link will be sent on the afternoon of the meeting to anyone interested in attending. 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