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Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables
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Title: Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables
Author: Victor Montejo
ISBN: 9781880684030
Publisher: Curbstone Books
Published: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 120
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: The Bird Who Cleans the World and other Mayan Fables is collection of Jakaltek Mayan folktales, first told to the author by his mother and the elders of his Guatemalan village. They deal with the themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts. Told here for the first time in English and illustrated with Mayan images, these stories and fables speak eloquently of an ancient culture, at once preserving its history and recreating its tradition.
Author: Victor Montejo
ISBN: 9781880684030
Publisher: Curbstone Books
Published: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 120
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: The Bird Who Cleans the World and other Mayan Fables is collection of Jakaltek Mayan folktales, first told to the author by his mother and the elders of his Guatemalan village. They deal with the themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts. Told here for the first time in English and illustrated with Mayan images, these stories and fables speak eloquently of an ancient culture, at once preserving its history and recreating its tradition.
