Strong Wind

Published: 1968
Language: Spanish

In a banana republic exploited by a powerful American fruit company, a community struggles against the oppressive forces that threaten their land and livelihood. As a devastating hurricane approaches, the lines between reality and myth blur, and the people must decide how far they will go to reclaim their destiny.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Dark Thought-Provoking Complex

Literary Fiction Magical Realism Political Thriller

Authors

Gregory Rabassa

Gregory Rabassa was a translator who brought the major works of the Latin American Boom to English readers. He is best known for translating Gabriel García Márquez’s The Autumn of the Patriarch and One Hundred Years of Solitude. His work helped define how a generation of readers experienced magical realism.

Miguel Ángel Asturias

Escritor y diplomático guatemalteco. Recibió el "Premio Lenin de la Paz" en 1965 y el "Premio Nobel de Literatura" en 1967.