This novel commemorates the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. I have written the book because I am fond of Mexico, where I have lived for many years. My story of an hacienda family, though not historical, represents the end of hacienda life, the passing of the landed aristocracy and the beginning of a democratic way. Only through volcanic eruption and earthquake could I symbolize the great social changes that began to take place about 1910. The book's title, _When the Owl Cries_, comes from the ancient Mexican-Indian superstition, "_Cuando el tecolote llora, se muere el indio_"--"When the owl cries, an Indian dies."…
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