Tirano Benderas suspects Colonel Domitiano della Gondra of conspiring against him, and when he discovers a simple mistake committed by the latter, he provides the tyrant with the pretext he needs to arrest him, so he issues a secret order for his arrest, but a prostitute who can read minds knows about this, and warns the colonel. In the midst of the country's annual celebrations, Della Gondra flees and joins the rebels against the tyrant's rule.
In this novel, which is considered one of the first novels written in the Spanish language about the dictator, before other writers from Latin America entered this field, “Ramon del Paye Inclán” presents a vivid depiction of the character of the tyrant, in a circular structure, full of short chapters and closed scenes that together constitute A rich text with its internal rhythm, wonderful images, and multiple linguistic levels.
"Chanca", "Texcacal", and "Chon Bum" are three cities in the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula that enjoyed great religious importance during the class war waged by the Mayas against the Spanish colonizers. The religious importance of these cities is due to their being centers of the phenomenon of speaking crosses.
In this wonderful book, the French writer (who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008) tells, with great poetry, about his observations in these towns, in a captivating style. The trees, the water, the wind, the forests, the sky, and the earth, all of them become humanized in Le Clezio’s writing, as He has a unique ability to transform nature and its elements into vibrant, sensual things.
