EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE.

Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada (Biblioteca Clásica y Contemporánea, 343), 1979. 27th Ed. Paperback. 298., indices, glossary, wrps. New. Item #191730

El Señor Presidente explores the nature of political dictatorship and its effects on society. Asturias makes early use of a literary technique now known as magic realism. One of the most notable works of the dictator novel genre, El Señor Presidente developed from an earlier Asturias short story, written to protest social injustice in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in the author's home town.

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