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Popol Vuh: A Retelling

🦇 The sacred book of the Maya, the godbook of the Quiché people🦇 The creation myth of Latin America, the ancestor of magical realism🦇 Designated as Guatemala's "national book" in 1972, with May 30th of each year being National Popol Vuh Day, and in 2012 selected as Guatemala's national intangible cultural heritage🦇 Renowned scholars and emerging artists have joined forces to create an excellent edition more suitable for contemporary readers🦇 Includes nine sets of luminous bookplates
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The Popol Vuh, the sacred text of the ancient Quiché Maya people, is the most renowned Latin American creation myth and the earliest and most comprehensive document in the native languages ​​of the Americas detailing local mythology and aristocratic lineages. Originally written in manuscript form in the mid-16th century, it became known to the world through a Spanish translation by the Dominican friar Father Jiménez in the early 18th century.
Popol Vuhhh is divided into three main narrative lines: the creation of the world and the destruction of the arrogant god, the adventures of the heroic twins in the underworld of Xibalba, and the intertwined history of the Quiché dynasty. Through its fantastical narrative and vivid details, the book opens a window into the ancient Maya lifestyle, moral codes, and views on death and the afterlife.
Over the centuries, the Popol Vuh has undergone dozens of translations, adaptations, and paraphrases. Renowned humanist Ilan Stavans follows in the footsteps of her predecessors, retelling this ancient legend with a fresh 21st-century perspective, making this timeless classic accessible to a new generation of young readers. Emerging artist Gabriela Larios's illustrations, rich with Latin American heritage, add a captivating visual language to the book, immersing readers in the vibrant Mayan universe.
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This book masterfully retells a complex and often confusing legend, featuring a dazzling cast of characters. Ilan Stavans, a distinguished scholar of Spanish-speaking cultures, brings fresh perspective and indispensable erudition to the Popol Vuh, meticulously recreating the text and texture of the original, preserving its magic and allure while making it accessible to a wider audience. With its exceptional artistry, Popol Vuh: An Illustrated Retelling demonstrates the centrality of this epic tale to the cultural consciousness of the Americas and underscores the urgency of its message.
—Homero Aridis 🐆Popol Vuh is one of the most crucial foundational texts before the Americas became "America," yet few of us truly understand it. Ilan Stavans once again introduces cultures and stories that have been routinely erased, ignored, and forgotten to the United States as an American nation.
—Julia Alvarez 🐆 In a dreamlike and inspiring new translation, Ilan Stavans presents this lyrical epic for a contemporary readership, delivering messages from a lost civilization trapped in the same recurring, inevitable cycle of disaster and change that traps our own.
—Ariel Dorfman 🐆 Many translators, scholars, and poets have offered us close glimpses of the radiant Maya creation story, the Popol Vuh, but none has captured its beautiful energy and majestic grace quite like Stavins and Larios. Together, Stavins and Larios invite us all to dance like the children we once were and will always be.
——Frederic Luis Aldama🐆"Popol Vuh" is the greatest creation book of the Maya Quiche culture. Ilan Stavans embarks on a fearless adventure of re-creation: he traces back to the source of the birth of the myth, thus giving it a fresh topicality, and also proves that rewriting legends is one of the ways to confuse time.
—Juan Villoro

2022-03-01

湖南文艺出版社

253

9787572603389