Mulata de tal (A Kind of Mulatto) is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Miguel Ángel Asturias.

The novel uses Mayan mythology and Catholic tradition to form a distinctive allegory of belief.

Gerald Martin in the Hispanic Review commented that it is "sufficiently obvious that the whole art of this novel rests upon its language.

In general, Asturias matches the visual freedom of the cartoon by using every resource the Spanish language offers him.

"[3] Asturias built the novel by this unique use of color, liberal theory, and his distinctive use of the Spanish language.