This novel narrates the life of Lwin, a Q’anjob’al Maya, living in the hamlet of Jolomk’u high up in the isolated Cuchumatán Mountains in the Department of Huehuetenango. Rich in personal and cultural detail, the reader comes away knowing better just what it means to be a contemporary Maya in Guatemala.

GASPAR PEDRO GONZÁLEZ, born in San Pedro Soloma in 1945, is a graduate of Universidad Mariano Gálvez, having majored in educational planning. He currently teaches Mayan literature and oral tradition at his alma mater, and is a member of the Academy of Mayan Languages of Guatemala.