If Today Were Tomorrow: Poems - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Humberto Ak'abal, Michael Bazzett (Translator)Series:SeedbankPublish date:2024-06-25Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Milkweed EditionsISBN-13:9781571311610ISBN-10:1571311610UPC:9781571311610Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Caribbean & Latin AmericanBook Topic:Animals & Nature, PlacesSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCCKN10KQY
If Today Were Tomorrow: Poems
"My language was born among trees,
it holds the taste of earth;
my ancestors' tongue is my home."
--from "The Old Song of the Blood"A legacy of land and language courses through the pages of this spirited bilingual edition, offering an expansive take on the internationally renowned work of Humberto Ak'abal, a K'iche' Maya poet born in the western highlands of Guatemala.Featuring both Ak'abal's...
it holds the taste of earth;
my ancestors' tongue is my home."
--from "The Old Song of the Blood"A legacy of land and language courses through the pages of this spirited bilingual edition, offering an expansive take on the internationally renowned work of Humberto Ak'abal, a K'iche' Maya poet born in the western highlands of Guatemala.Featuring both Ak'abal's...
Series: Seedbank
Language:EnglishPublisher:Milkweed EditionsISBN-13:9781571311610ISBN-10:1571311610UPC:9781571311610Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Caribbean & Latin AmericanBook Topic:Animals & Nature, PlacesSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCCKN10KQY
Humberto Ak'abal (1952-2019) was a K'iche' Maya poet from Guatemala. His book Guardián de la caída de agua (Guardian of the Waterfall) was named book of the year by Association of Guatemalan Journalists and received their Golden Quetzal award in 1993. In 2004, he declined to receive the Guatemala National Prize in Literature because it is named for Miguel Ángel Asturias, whom Ak'abal accused of...
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