Packet 1: Tossup 13

An image of a head falling off like a flowerpot in this novel multilingually puns on words for “thoughts” and “pansies.” A man in this novel who disappears on horseback is later seen dressed in all-gold clothes inside a blazing crop fire. Gerald Martin’s critical edition of this novel explains repeated images like “yellow rabbits” and “firefly wizards.” In one section of this difficult novel, Goyo Yic loses his sight and is transformed into a coyote (10[1])after his wife María Tecún disappears. (10[1])A (10[1])clash between Indigenous farmers and commercial land-grabbers in this novel is led by Gaspar Ilóm. (10[4]-5[2])This (10[2])1949 (10[1])proto-Boom novel was completed before its author’s “Banana Trilogy” but after (10[2])El Señor Presidente. (10[1])For 10 points, what novel by Miguel Ángel (10[1])Asturias (10[1])is titled in reference to the Maya creation myth, (10[1])in which humans were formed from a grain? ■END■ (10[2]0[10])

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