Historical Fiction

Canek Author: Ermilio Abreu Gómez Publisher: Época Collection: New Talents Subject: Fiction, Literature Format: Paperback Pages: 92 Weight: 116 g Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm Code: 9786078473427 This work, Emilio Abreu's best-known, is set in the colonial hacienda environment of the mid-17th century, where inequality and social injustices perpetrated by an unjust, violent, and abusive white man provoke an indigenous uprising. It is there that a young Mayan warrior, Jacinto Canek, expresses with great dignity his rebellious spirit against the abuses suffered by his people. Canek, the main character, becomes the leader of the people's insurrection, which seeks to reclaim its dignity through conflict.