Novel
El tunco
Not translated into English
Arturo Mejía Nieto · 1932
Synopsis
The life of a Honduran revolutionary general, whom the title designates by his nickname; the detail of the plot remains to be described. The words that recur most often in the book reveal its substance: the revolution, soldiers and rifles, a colonel, Nicaragua, a place called Santa Clara, and characters such as Manuel and Crescencio Villafranca, Pepe Cardoso, Damián Luna, doña Chon or doña Pancha.
Context
The book appears in Buenos Aires in 1932, from Tor, in two hundred and forty-seven pages, with a cover and woodcuts by Francisco Amighetti; two catalogue entries date it to 1933. In its author's bibliography it comes between two story collections and another novel published in the same city in the early thirties. A 2025 reissue gives it the subtitle “La vida de un general revolucionario hondureño”.
Who it is for
A novel in Spanish, with no French or English translation; the recent reissue makes it accessible again.
Prizes and reception
No prize or critical reception is known for it; the 2025 reissue has brought it back into circulation.
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