Green Pope

Miguel Angel Asturias, one of the Nobel Prize-winning writers of Latin American literature and one of the founders of the "magical realism" movement, is an author of his country Guatemala and its indigenous people. In The Green Pope, he continues to look at the world, nature, imperialist exploitation and the possibilities of salvation, with a special focus on social problems, and to enchant the readers with his unique literary language.
The focus of the second book of Asturias's trilogy, also known as the "Banana trilogy", is Geo Maker Thompson, nicknamed "Green Pope", the head of the large banana trust in Chicago.
The villagers and locals whose lands were taken away from them out of desperation or by force were working under very harsh conditions of exploitation on their old lands, which were combined and turned into large banana fields; The Green Pope also accumulates a great fortune, thanks to his genius in exploiting weak, unorganized, naive people. So, is a resistance against the Green Pope possible? If possible, with whom, how, when?..
The harsh life of the villagers who carry their banana farms from fields to wagons and from wagons to ships on their backs like beasts of burden are on one side, the cruelty of the Green Pope and the despicableness of the men in the government are on the other side... Who will be the winner of this fight in the end?
Writer, literary historian and folklore researcher Tahir Alangu describes the unique language developed by Asturias while describing this great fight with the following words: "He has achieved a narrative technique that is suitable for the themes he deals with and the realities of his homeland, that is lively and transcends the European novel tradition. In this new and powerful understanding of the novel, which has other pioneers in the world novel, it is a novel that conveys daily realities with an extraordinary verbal power and lively lyricism, and where the climate, tropical plants, old beliefs, witchcraft, traditions, cultural conflicts and economic wars are revealed together, and which shakes the readers. It has the power to influence." (From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 416

Print Year: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yordam Kitap

First Printing Year : 2016

Language : Turkish