Back Human Matter
Chapters (20)
  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Introduction
  6. First Notebook: Modo & Modo
  7. Second Notebook: Black Binding
  8. Pages Attached to the Second Notebook
  9. First Sketchbook: Green Cover with Indian Motifs
  10. Pages Attached to the First Sketchbook
  11. Third Notebook: White Cover
  12. Second Sketchbook: Don Quixote
  13. Fourth Notebook: Red and Blue Stripes on a White Background
  14. Pages Attached to the Fourth Notebook
  15. Third Sketchbook: “Scribe”
  16. Fourth Sketchbook: Leather Cover, No Branding, No Name
  17. Fifth Sketchbook: Spanish Binding
  18. Author’s Note
  19. Postscript
  20. Translator’s Acknowledgments

• Navarro G., Ignacio. Born in (does not know the date). Acrobat. Widower. Booked in 1939 for assaulting Mr. Francisco García.

• Ortega B., Enrique. He was born in 1921 in Mazatenango. Farm owner. Booked in 1950 for whipping his wife.

• Larios M., Manuel. Born in 1921 in Sololá. Day laborer. Booked in 1939 for contraband of alcohol. Clay implements were confiscated from him.

• Ucelo H., Lorenzo. Born in 1921 in San José Pinula. Farm laborer. Booked in 1938 for having set fire to a mountain.

• García G., Paulino. Born in 1920. Waiter. Booked in 1938 for insubordination against Andrés Caicedo, his boss.

• Cáceres, Diega de. (Black race.) Born in (does not know the date) in Lívingston. Midwife. Booked for practicing without a license.

• Us Castro, Gregorio. Born in (does not know the date). Day laborer. Single. Attention: He is in a conjugal relationship with Juana Quintanilla, has three children and a brother who is mute. Booked in 1938 for being a dishonest worker at the Milan estate.

• Godoy O., Mario. Born in 1920. Student. Arrested for impertinence.

• Ramírez y Ramírez, Anacleto. Born in 1920 in Jutiapa. Day laborer. Single. Booked for stealing twenty-five quetzals from Jesús Álvarez.

• Ochaeta F., Armando. Born in 1921 in Flores, Petén. Tailor. Booked at the request of his brother Genaro Ochaeta, for threatening him with a penknife.

• Ortiz V., René. Born in 1922. Student. Booked in 1947 for shooting with a blowpipe in the Lux movie theater.

• Valdés P., Sergio Estuardo. Born in 1931. Photographer. Booked in 1952 for releasing a vulture in the Capitol movie theater.

• Mazariegos Piedrasanta, Gerardo. Born in 1920 in Xela. Classical musician. Detained in 1939 in Retalhuleu for illegal gambling.

• Pérez Gonzáles, Pedro. Born in (does not know the date) in Retalhuleu. Detained in 1940 in San Marcos for complicity in the contraband of opium.

• Pérez Gómez, Alejandro. Born in 1923 in Antigua. Day laborer. Booked for carrying a rubber sling, a club, and a penknife. He has no ID. Lives alone.

• Monzón López, José. Born in 1921. Day laborer. Arrested for not carrying any kind of a municipal tax receipt or his employment log.

• Méndez V., Raúl. Born in 1929. Student (minor). Booked in 1940 at the request of his grandmother, for misbehavior. In 1945 for drunk and disorderly conduct. In 1950 for rape. In 1955 for requesting admission into the Civil Guard.

• Vizcaíno Rojas, Rodolfo. Born in 1921 in Guatemala City. Student. Booked in 1943 for theft and for slapping his mother.

• Mendoza M., Dolores. Born in 1927 in Tiquisate. Domestic worker. Resides in the Hospital of Tiquisate. Booked for immoral acts at a public dance.

• Ramírez M., Eusebia. Born in 1925 in Escuintla. Signed in 1942 for practicing free love.

• Brown, Alfredo. Black race. Born (does not know the date) in New York, USA. Sailor. He does not speak Spanish. Booked in 1939 for quarreling with Marcus Müller.