Recent novel by Marcio Veloz Maggiolo (1936), fiction writer, essayist and anthropologist, which follows the saga of the urban community Villa Francisca. Marcio Veloz Maggiolo (1936) fiction writer, essayist and anthropologist is considered one of the most widely published Dominican authors. He was awarded the National Prize for Literature in 1996. With his novel La Mosca Soldado (2004) he was awarded the Premio de Narrativa José María Arguedas (2006) by La Casa de las Américas, Cuba. He most recent works include Materia Prima (2006), Memoria tremens (2009), Novelas y relatos bíblicos (2010), La cultura dominicana, momentos formativos (2012), En nombre del recuerdo, ensayos (2012), Memorias reversibles (2012).