I believe I found this copy of El Indio at a book sale recently. The cover art, as well as the drawings on the interior were done by famous muralist Diego Rivera. This copy is a second printing, from 1961, translated from the Spanish by Anita Brenner. First published in 1937, it was the first winner of the Mexican National Award in Literature. The sketches and the synopsis were enough for me to snatch it up when I found it.
Here's one of the many full page drawings by Diego, Mr. Frieda Kahlo:
The story for this historical novel follows the struggles of the descendants of the Aztecs, the mountain Indians as they work for the white Spanish and mestizo bosses. It's as powerful as it is important for an idea of how the remnants of one civilization deal with a new foreign and hostile one.
The conquerors become another jungle peril...
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