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A
Beauty That Hurts tells the tragic and epic
story of Guatemala in the modern period.
Beautifully written, it is a work of sustained
research, human warmth, and frank analysis
describing grim realities.
In this completely revised second edition,
international scholar George Lovell returns to
Guatemala to study the changes and developments
that have taken place in key regions during the
late 1990s.
These years of change include peace treaties, new
chapters in the life of Rigoberta Menchu, and
continuing violence that keeps the country’s
indigenous peoples in a constant state of
trauma.
“This is a true Guatemala Guide. George
Lovell didn’t choose Guatemala—he was
chosen by this land, in a magic way, to tell us
about the shining voices that whisper in the heart
of darkness.”
—
Eduardo Galeano, author of Open Veins of Latin
America
George Lovell, a native of Glasgow,
Scotland, has lived and worked in Guatemala for
many years. He is Professor of Geography at
Queen’s University.
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