Sak'umesh

Description:

This is very intense novel that takes place during a period of intense deforestation and colonization of the forest in Quintana Roo, Mexico. It takes place mostly in Wayak', a small Maya village in the rain forests of Quintana Roo. Gabriel Angaros, a young agronomist from Mexico City, arrives at Wayak' to develop a research on soil taxonomy and is slowly drawn into a romantic relationship with Carmelita, a mestiza from Tizimín, and into the vortex of an indigenous uprising.

subjects: Yucatan,  Maya,  existential realism

People: Gabriel Angaros,  Carmelita,  Manolo,  Parraguez,  Culebra (Pancho Kan),  Eduardo,  Pelluco,  etc.

Places: Tizimín,  Wayak',  Mérida,  Chetumal,  Campeche,  Rio Lagartos,  Carrillo Puerto,  Cancun,  Mexico City,  etc.

Times: Between 1989 and 1990,  Yucatan,  Mexico.