{"product_id":"a-pre-columbian-bestiary-ilan-stavans-9780271087870","title":"A Pre-Columbian Bestiary: Fantastic Creatures of Indigenous Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn encyclopedic collaboration between award-winning Mexican American scholar Ilan Stavans and illustrator Eko, \u003ci\u003eA Pre-Columbian Bestiary \u003c\/i\u003efeatures lively and informative descriptions of forty-six religious, mythical, and imaginary creatures from the Nahua, Aztec, Maya, Tabasco, Inca, Aymara, and other cultures of Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the siren-like Acuecu騫otl and the water animal Chaac to the class-conscious Oc and the god of light and darkness Xotl, the magnificent entities in this volume belong to the same family of real and invented creatures imagined by Dante, Franz Kafka, C. S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, and J. K. Rowling. They are mined from indigenous religious texts, like the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh, \u003c\/i\u003eand from chronicles, both real and fictional, of the Spanish conquest by Diego Dur疣, Bernal D僘z del Castillo, and Fernando de Zarzamora, among others. In this playful compilation, Stavans distills imagery from the work of magic realist masters such as Juan Rulfo and Gabriel Garc僘 M疵quez; from songs of protest in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru; and from aboriginal beasts in Jewish, Muslim, European, British, and other traditions. In the spirit of imaginative invention, even the bibliography is a mixture of authentic and concocted material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspiring record of resistance and memory from a civilization whose superb pantheon of myths never ceases to amaze, \u003ci\u003eA Pre-Columbian Bestiary\u003c\/i\u003e will delight anyone interested in the history and culture of Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilan Stavans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271087870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271087870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Ilan Stavans","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048874242303,"sku":"9780271087870","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e932570a-dc41-46e4-b164-291dac4eeb08.jpg?v=1684998324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-pre-columbian-bestiary-ilan-stavans-9780271087870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}