The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables by Montejo, Victor

The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781880684030)

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The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables by Montejo, Victor

The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables

$13.95
The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables by Montejo, Victor

The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables

$13.95
Format: Paperback
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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-10: 1880684039
ISBN-13: 9781880684030
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1995
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.92w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/13/1992
By Victor Montejo
By Victor Montejo
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Victor Montejo is a poet, folklorist, and anthropologist. A Jakaltek Maya born in rural Guatemala, he was forced into exile in 1981 after appearing on a death squad list. He is the current Chair of Native American Studies at UC Davis.

Wallace Kaufman is a writer and translator who currently resides in Oregon.

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