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THE DOUBTFUL STRAIT / EL ESTRECHO DUDOSO
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| By: |
Ernesto Cardenal, John Lyons (Trans) |
| Format: |
Book |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
025320903X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253209030 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 1995 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Translated from: |
Spanish |
| Description: |
Tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Central America from the "discovery" of the American continent to various historical events. Constructed from fragments of documents and histories from the colonial era, this work features a parallel plot, telling the story of the political events and economic conditions of the Nicaraguan history. |
| Synopsis: |
... very well translated... Cardenal merits praise for presenting, on such an ambitious scale, a passionate alternative history of the Spanish encounter with Central America." -BooklistCombining 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 TodayExplore 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 ReviewIn 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. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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