In the Courtyard of the Moon

Selected Poems

von Humberto Ak'Abal

Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Born from dreams, from stones that speak, from ordinary words (found not in the dictionaries but in the marketplaces), from the wrinkles of a grandmother's face, from the laughter of the rain, the poems of Humberto Ak'abal bring us to a different way of listening to the world. With a simple and direct touch, Ak'abal-writing in Maya K'iché-gathers the beauty, pain, sadness, and anger that is felt in contemporary Guatemala. His poetry, presented here in Spanish and English, also provides a bridge across a cultural divide that has plagued the Americas since the conquest, giving Indigenous peoples, who have lived in the shadows for centuries, a voice. Although there have been Indígenas writing in Spanish since the colonial era, receiving little attention until the past few decades, they remain largely unknown in English-speaking North American and European cultures. In the Courtyard of the Moon makes a profound contribution to correcting this injustice for scholars and lovers of poetry anywhere.

• ISBN: 9781882688593
• Sprache: Spanisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2021
• Größe: 229 x 150 mm
• Verlag: Tia Chucha Press
• Übersetzung: Miguel Rivera