The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha in the Mayan World

Vera Patricia Bolaños Santos, is a guatemalan writer. Her surreal style blends reality with the wonderful Mayan world. She has written nine books: essays, short stories and poetry. She studied the Maya worldview and is the author of readings, short stories, poetry, comic books and theater for primary and secondary school. She collaborated with the Kemon Ch'ab'äl program, effective literacy with values approach of Prodessa, Santiago Institute, Educational Association "La Salle". The...
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Vera Patricia Bolaños Santos, is a guatemalan writer. Her surreal style blends reality with the wonderful Mayan world. She has written nine books: essays, short stories and poetry. She studied the Maya worldview and is the author of readings, short stories, poetry, comic books and theater for primary and secondary school. She collaborated with the Kemon Ch'ab'äl program, effective literacy with values approach of Prodessa, Santiago Institute, Educational Association "La Salle". The books were published in Mayan languages. Her story "El Mundo Maya" was chosen for the advertising brochure of these works.In this book, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha in the Mayan World, Don Quixote, succumbs to a magical realism that envelops the Maya worldview. This hidalgo is of great heart defender of the suffering Mayas and of the mistreated slaves. In this way, the famous Don Quixote comes to the new world and adapts happily to the surprising environment and lives an unforgettable adventure. The story is inspired by the idea of bringing the ingenious hidalgo to Guatemala and mixing it with the magic of the Mayan worldview. This is the first part of an adventure saga of Don Quixote de La Mancha. Also, includes some poems allusive to Don Quixote de la Mancha and the characters who accompany him.