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Serpent's Tongue (Hardcover)
Annie Grossinge; Introduction by David Unger
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R1,249
R979
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In 1954, during the height of the Cold War, the CIA carried out a
coup to overthrow the first democratically-elected president in
Guatemala. In the months leading up to the coup, the CIA Station
Chief in Guatemala City was Grossinger’s grandfather. Dying long
before Grossinger was born, his presence still loomed like a
mythological creature throughout much of her childhood. Serpent
Tongue explores Guatemalan history through the lenses of power,
identity and memory.
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Mr. President (Paperback)
Miguel Angel Asturias; Translated by David Unger; Foreword by Mario Vargas Llosa; Introduction by Gerald Martin
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R470
R353
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Popol Vuh (Paperback)
Victor Montejo; Illustrated by Luis Garay; Translated by David Unger
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R420
R354
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The Mayans have long fascinated modern readers with their complex
written language, sophisticated mathematics, and advanced
astronomy. In Guatemala in 1558, a young Mayan K'iche' man
transcribed what he called a sacred book that "we can no longer
see." This was the Popul Vuh, the Mayans' written account of the
creation of the universe, the gods and demi-gods who occupied that
universe, and the story of how man was created by them.
Furthermore, it traced, generation by generation, the lineage of
the Mayan lords down to their imprisonment and torture by the
Spanish invaders. Considered the Mayan bible, the Popol Vuh appears
here in an authoritative, gorgeously illustrated version by noted
Maya anthropologist Victor Montejo, who has captured all the drama
and excitement of one of the world's great creation stories.
In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful is a coming-of-age novel, that
narrates the life of an Indigenous young woman. It depicts the
transformation of Olivia Padilla Xuc, an illiterate six-year-old
picking coffee in the Guatemalan countryside as she becomes a
liberated, powerful woman working in Mexico City. Through
Olivia’s deeply moving narrative, we explore the possibility of
change and growth of an indigenous woman as she delve into issues
of racism, economic opportunity and self-worth – the vital themes
that first nation people confront globally while they try to better
themselves in societies convinced of their worthlessness. Against
an historical period of armed conflict, turmoil and conflict,
Olivia Padilla is funny, intense, imaginative, alternately serious
and playful. Her courage allows her to explore her sexuality in
Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba and Italy as she builds a satisfying,
independent life few people could have considered possible.
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The Honey Jar (Paperback)
Rigoberta Menchu, Dante Liano; Illustrated by Domi; Translated by David Unger
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R387
R317
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In this book, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Maya activist Rigoberta
Menchu Tum returns to the world of her childhood. The Honey Jar
brings us the ancient stories her grandparents told her when she
was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the
fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic
story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol
Vuh), explanations of how and why certain natural phenomena came to
exist, and animal tales. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon,
plants, people, animals, gods and demi-gods are all present in
these stories, and through them we come to know more about the
elements that shaped the Mayas' understanding of the world. Rich
and vibrant illustrations by noted Mazatec-Mexican artist Domi
perfectly complement these magical Maya tales. Key Text Features
illustrations Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in
English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Recount stories,
including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures;
determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it
is conveyed through key details in the text.
Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this
sophisticated, quasi-comedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall
of a prominent Guatemalan Jewish family. In the face of military
rule, terrorism, and sabotage, Marcos learns the truth about his
brother Aaron, only to find that sibling secrets can be every bit
as dangerous as civil unrest.
"Evoking both Kafka and Conrad, Unger's character study of a broken
man in a culture broken by a ravenous corporation makes compelling
reading."
--"Booklist"
"Unger does a great job with fish-out-of-water situations, as
protagonist] Samuel's travails--sometimes Kafkaesque, sometimes
Laurel and Hardy--nicely pit his timidity against his growing
desperation."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"David Unger's tale utterly seduces with its mix of the exotic and
the familiar."
--"Toronto Star"
"Unger's rendering of human contradiction is masterful, for in the
space of Samuel's four days of awe, Unger reveals life's slippery
terms of engagement in all their complexity with a clarity that
still contains compassion . . . We can be grateful for the message
of this wondrous book: despite our fears, even the least heroic
among us can find the will to go forward."
--"Literature and Arts of the Americas"
In 1938, as Samuel Berkow's tramp steamer from Germany approaches
Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will be able
to remake his life in the new world. Part character study and part
riveting narrative of a German Jew escaping the Nazis, this novel
provides its own mix of Franz Kafka, Joseph Conrad, and
Louis-Ferdinand Celine, as Samuel stumbles to get his footing in a
hostile setting.
David Unger was born in Guatemala City in 1950 and now lives in
Brooklyn, NY. He is the author of two previous novels and a story
collection. He has translated sixteen books into English, including
works by Nicanor Parra, Silvia Molina, Elena Garro, Barbara Jacobs,
Mario Benedetti, and Rigoberta Menchu. He is considered one of
Guatemala's major living writers even though he writes exclusively
in English.
Antipoems: New and Selected, a fresh bilingual gathering as well as
retrospective of the work of Chile's foremost poet, reintroduces
him to North American readers after thirteen years. Though he has
been hardly unproductive, the politics of his homeland have
channeled his inventiveness into new modes of expression, which
remind us of the sometimes sly hermeticism of Italian writers,
Eugenio Montale and Elio Vittorini among them, during the Fascist
regime. As Frank MacShane makes clear in his introduction, Parra
has not tried to escape repression, but by "using his wit and his
humor, he has shown how the artist can still speak the truth in
troubled times." Since much of Parra's early work is now out of
print, editor David Unger has included many of the poems which
influenced North American poets such as Ferlinghetti and Merton in
the '50s and '60s, some in new or revised translations. Of Parra's
more recent work, there are generous selections from Artifacts
(1972), Sermons and Preachings of the Christ of Elqui (1977), New
Sermons and Preachings of the Christ of Elqui(1979), Jokes to
Mislead the Police (1983), Ecopoems (1983), Recent Sermons(1983),
and a section of "Uncollected Poems" (1984). Antipoems: New and
Selected is edited by David Unger, who contributed many of the
translations to Enrique Lihn's The Dark Room and Other Poems (New
Directions, 1978). Professor Frank MacShane of Columbia University,
in his critical introduction, gives a full evaluation of a poet who
is "unquestionably one of the most influential and accomplished in
Latin America today, heir to the position long held by his
countryman, Pablo Neruda."
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Dark Room and Other Poems (Paperback)
Enrique Lihn; Edited by Patricio Lerzundi; Introduction by Patricio Lerzundi; Translated by Jonathan Cohen, John Felstiner, …
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R348
R279
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The Dark Room presents in a compact bilingual selection the
extraordinary poetry of Enrique Lihn (1929-1988), winner of the
prestigious Casa de las Americas Prize and one of Chile's most
remarkable writers. Gathered here is Lihn's most representative
work from 1963 to 1977, drawn from his major books.
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