{"product_id":"the-popol-vuh-paperback-3","title":"The Popol Vuh - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Bazzett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWORLD LITERATURE TODAY\u003c\/em\u003e NOTABLE TRANSLATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: \"Earth.\" There are no inhabitants, and no sun--only the broad sky, silent sea, and sovereign Framer and Shaper. Then come the twin heroes Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Wielding blowguns, they begin a journey to hell and back, ready to confront the folly of false deities as well as death itself, in service to the world and to humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the Mayan \u003cem\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the book of the woven mat,\" one of the only epics indigenous to the Americas. Originally sung and chanted, before being translated into prose--and now, for the first time, translated back into verse by Michael Bazzett--this is a story of the generative power of language. A story that asks not only \u003cem\u003eWhere did you come from? \u003c\/em\u003ebut \u003cem\u003eHow might you live again?\u003c\/em\u003e A story that, for the first time in English, lives fully as \"the phonetic rendering of a living pulse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns poetic and lucid, sinuous and accessible, this striking new translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Popol Vuh--\u003c\/em\u003ethe first in the Seedbank series of world literature\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003ebreathes new life into an essential tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Bazzett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Interrogation\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYou Must Remember This\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the 2014 Lindquist \u0026amp; Vennum Prize for Poetry; \u003ci\u003eOur Lands Are Not So Different\u003c\/i\u003e; and a chapbook, \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginary City\u003c\/i\u003e. His poems have appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest New Poets\u003c\/i\u003e. A longtime faculty member at The Blake School, Bazzett has received the Bechtel Prize from Teachers \u0026amp; Writers Collaborative and was a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. He lives in Minneapolis. \u003ci\u003eThe Popol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e is a Mayan creation myth. Originally shared orally, and written down in the K'iche' language in the sixteenth century, it was copied and translated by the Dominican friar Francisco Ximénez at the beginning of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351100670201,"sku":"9781571314680","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YmVrSUV6NDhMbzJkMGVwY3hEMkwxQT09.webp?v=1769795156","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-popol-vuh-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}