Silvestre Pantaleón

The story of an elderly man from the Nahuatlspeaking village of San Agustín Oapan Guerrero Mexico Silvestre Pantaleón follows the protagonist as he struggles to pay for a curing ceremony and provide for his family He dedicates himself to the only remunerative activities he knows handcrafting rope for religious ceremonies and building seldomused household objects that he alone still has the skills to produce Silvestre Pantaleón is a simple though universal tale of aging told with a lyrical combination of lingering imagery and quotidian detail