Surprise Castle
The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems

The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems - Paperback

$11.99
$16.00
-25%
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Natalia Toledo, Clare Sullivan (Translator)Publish date:2015-11-10Pages:172
Language:EnglishPublisher:Phoneme MediaISBN-13:9781939419460ISBN-10:1939419468UPC:9781939419460Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanBook Topic:Hispanic & LatinoSize:5.20 x 7.80 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCHBP5FSB6

The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems

Natalia Toledo's The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems, with an award-winning translation by Clare Sullivan, describes contemporary Isthmus Zapotec life in lush, sensual detail. In Toledo's poems of love and loss the world's population turns into fish, death is a cricket, and naked women are made of wet magma. The Black Flower won the Nezhualcóoacute;yotl Prize, Mexico's highest honor for...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Phoneme MediaISBN-13:9781939419460ISBN-10:1939419468UPC:9781939419460Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:AmericanBook Topic:Hispanic & LatinoSize:5.20 x 7.80 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCHBP5FSB6
Natalia Toledo has written four books of poetry and two of prose, all appearing in bilingual Isthmus Zapotec-Spanish editions. In 2004 she won the Nezahualcoyótl Prize, Mexico's most prestigious prize for indigenous-language literature, for her book The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. She has read her poetry around the world. Her work as a jewelry and clothing designer and chef reiterates...
Publisher: Phoneme Media

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All