A GREEN TREE AND A DRY TREE
"Their conservative, community-centered style of life has allowed the Chiapas Maya to survive as Maya against terrible odds. In Carter Wilson's heartfelt retelling of the 1868 rebellion, A Green Tree and a Dry Tree, he explores this. The novel puts the revolt into its economic context… But it's the religious fervor that kindles Mr. Wilson's imaginative sympathy."
—New York Times Book Review
"it is about the reasons why stories like the story of Pedro Diaz Cuscat survive: because, first, they are good stories—full of adventure, excitement, suspense, all those things we love. Because, secondly, they are about things which will always be important to us—God, dreams, magic, families, ritual, greed, rebellion, betrayal, courage."
—Francine Prose