The Doubtful Strait / El Estrecho Dudoso - Softcover

The Doubtful Strait / El Estrecho Dudoso

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ' . . . very well translated . . . Cardenal merits praise for presenting, on such an ambitious scale, a passionate alternative history of the Spanish encounter with Central America.' -Booklist 'Combining hsitory with poetry, Cardenal exposes the violence, treachery, injustice, and exploitation that are so much a part of [Central America and Mexico's] past and present.' -World Literature Today 'Explore this dense, beautiful poem and you will be rewarded with riches that 'delight and hurt not'.' -Nicaragua Update '. . . a remarkable text. . . . El estrecho dudoso is a masterful and compelling poetic account of early colonial Central America, and the translation is likewise masterful.' -Colonial Latin American Historical Review In this book-length poem, Nicaraguan priest and revolutionary Ernesto Cardenal tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Central America from the 'discovery' of the American continent to recent historical events. A remarkable achievement and an engrossing narrative, the poem is published here in both Spanish and English. Artikel-Nr. 9780253209030

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