by Mariano Azuela · Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico · tapa dura · ISBN 9789681647773
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"Los de Abajo" (The Underdogs) is a novel by Mexican writer Mariano Azuela, first published in 1915. Considered one of the most important works of Mexican and Latin American literature, it tells the story of Demetrio Macías, a peasant who joins the Mexican Revolution and becomes a guerrilla leader. Through Macías' eyes, Azuela portrays the brutality and complexity of the war, as well as the disillusionment and loss of ideals experienced by many who participate in it. The novel is a powerful testimony to the Mexican Revolution and a reflection on human nature in times of conflict.
Mariano Azuela González was a Mexican writer and medical doctor, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is the first of the "novelists of the Revolution," and he influenced other Mexican novelists of social protest.
