Description: This first English translation of Trozas, the fourth of Traven's legendary Jungle Novels, brings to completion his epic of the birth of the Mexican Revolution. "A fine and powerful novel...stark in its drama, steamy in its setting, acidic in its irony, relentless in its narrat...
Brief description: B. Traven (1882-1969) was a pen name of one of the most enigmatic writers of the twentieth century. The life and work of the author, whose other aliases include Hal Croves, Traven Torsvan, and Ret Marut, has been called "the greatest literary mystery of the twentieth century." Of German descent and Mexican nationality, he has sold more than thirty million books, in more than thirty languages. Films of his work include The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which won three Oscars; Macario, the first Mexican film to be nominated for an Oscar; and The Death Ship, a cult classic in Germany.
Review Quotes:
"B. Traven is coming to be recognized as one of the narrative masters of the twentieth century." --The New York Times
"The Jungle Novels constitute one of the richest portraits of revolution in all literature." --University Review "Great storytellers often arise like Judaic just men to exemplify and rehearse the truth for their generation. B. Traven was such a man." --Book World "Traven is a riveting storyteller." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Readers who ignore the genius of B. Traven do so at their peril." --The New York Times