Sylvia Sellers-Garcia is a very impressive first time novelist. Her book is titled "When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep." Bascially it is the story of a Guatemalan/ American who, after his fathers death, returns to Guatemals in search of his family's story. Guatemala is marred with the scars of a 30 year conflict about which the people are moslty silent. This book will alert you to the conditions of a county just three hours from us. I highly recommend it. Sellers-Garcia encourages you to read furthur about Guatemala. Her suggested titles are:
Mario Payeras: "Days of the Jungle"
Ricardo Falla: "Massacres in the Jungle"
Piero Gleijeses: "Shattered Hope"
For authors based in the US (and with recent publications), readers might like Daniel Wilkinson's "Silence on the Mountain" or one of the many books by Francisco Goldman. His recent publication "The Art of Political Murder" is about the assassination of Bishop Gerardi in Guatemala.
Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm
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