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Ilan Stavans Popol Vuh (Hardback)

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Book Title
Popol Vuh : a Retelling
Publication Name
Popol Vuh
Title
Popol Vuh
Subtitle
A Retelling
Author
Ilan Stavans
Illustrator
Gabriela Larios
Contributor
Homero Aridjis (Foreword by)
Format
Hardcover
EAN
9781632062406
ISBN
9781632062406
Publisher
Restless Books
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Release Date
24/12/2020
Release Year
2020
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
2in
Item Length
6in
Publication Year
2020
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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The archetypal creation story of Latin America, the Popol Vuh began as a Maya oral tradition millennia ago. In the mid-sixteenth century, as indigenous cultures across the continent were being threatened with destruction by European conquest and Christianity, it was written down in verse by members of the K'iche' nobility in what is today Guatemala. In 1701, that text was translated into Spanish by a Dominican friar and ethnographer before vanishing mysteriously. Cosmic in scope and yet intimately human, the Popol Vuh offers invaluable insight into the Maya way of life before being decimated by colonisation -- their code of ethics, their views on death and the afterlife, and their devotion to passion, courage, and the natural world. It tells the story of how the world was created in a series of rehearsals that included wooden dummies, demi-gods, and eventually humans. It describes the underworld, Xibalba -- a place as harrowing as Dante's hell --and relates the legend of the ultimate king, who, in the face of tragedy, became a spirit that accompanies his people in their struggle for survival. Popol Vuh: An Illustrated Retelling is a one-of-a-kind prose rendition of this classic that is as seminal as the Bible and the Quran, the Ramayana and the Odyssey. Award-winning scholar of Latin American literature Ilan Stavans brings a fresh creative energy to the Popol Vuh, giving a new generation of readers the opportunity to connect with this timeless story and with the plight of the indigenous people of the Americas.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Restless Books
ISBN-10
1632062402
ISBN-13
9781632062406
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038539144

Product Key Features

Book Title
Popol Vuh : a Retelling
Author
Ilan Stavans
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6in
Item Height
2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3619.T385
Reviews
" Popol Vuh is one of the seminal foundational 'texts' of the Americas before it became 'America'--and one so few of us really know much about. Again, Ilan Stavans is infusing the US of A with the cultures and stories that have been traditionally erased or ignored and forgotten. All I can say is, another amazing Stavans project!" --Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, "The Popol Vuh is the great book of creation of the Maya K'iche' culture, and Ilan Stavans has embarked on an intrepid adventure of recreation; he returns to a myth of origin to endow it with vibrant topicality, proving that rewriting a legend is a way of bewitching time." --Juan Villoro, author of God Is Round, The enchanting illustrations stimulate the imagination, with the vibrant hues and rhythmic composition delightfully complementing these exciting tales of gods and heroes., The Popol Vuh is widely considered the Maya Bible, transmitted through three millennia, and in this exquisitely illustrated volume, Latin American literature scholar Stavans reimagines what is also known as the Mayan K'iche' people's text of creation. A roster of characters--the deities, lords, idols, white men, and K'iche' people, as well as the animals, such as jaguar, vampire bat, centipede, and coyote in the book's frontispiece--are helpful markers through this mystical, mythical landscape., "At a time when so many of us ask ourselves about the end of the world as we know it, few books could be more relevant than this sacred text of the Maya. In a mesmerizing, illuminating new translation, Ilan Stavans brings to contemporary readers this lyrical epic, with its messages from a lost civilization obsessed, as ours should be, with the inevitable cycles of catastrophe and change. The Popol Vuh encourages us to contemplate the perpetual conflict between truth and falsehood, light and darkness, so that we may find the wisdom to emerge as better people." --Ariel Dorfman, author of Death and the Maiden, Gripping and redolent from start to finish... Stavans's style is both colloquial and subtly elevated. The same is true of Larios's splendid illustrations, which would be worth the purchase price on their own.... Stavans and Larios have together done a service to... the English-speaking world by re-fashioning this rich and fascinating myth into an accessible and beautiful English-language volume to treasure., Salvadoran illustrator Larios provides lush images to accompany stories of the Earth and the underworld, Xibalba, and the animals and gods that inhabit them.... A beautiful interpretation of pivotal Central American history told through contemporary illustration and language., "Many translators, scholars, and poets have brought us close to the radiant eminence of our Mayan origin story, the Popol Vuh . None touch its wondrous dynamism and epic elegance like Stavans and Larios. Free of the formal constraints of the K'iche' original, Stavans's delivers a masterful retelling that invites us into chimeric dreams: from the mischievous first peoples and the quests of those grown from seeds, to hybrid creatures and demi-god twins with battles lost and won. Larios's dexterous admixture of cool washes and vibrant color palettes along with a K'iche'-inspired line-work aesthetic, further unzip our minds to a shared ancestral imaginary. Only my Guatemalan abuelita could cast such storytelling spells over me. Together, Stavans and Larios invite us all to dance as the children we once were and will become. A gift!" --Frederick Luis Aldama, author of Long Stories Cut Short: Fiction from the Borderlands
Illustrated by
Larios, Gabriela
Lccn
2018-956688
Dewey Decimal
299.78423
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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