Cover of Mirror of Lida Sal: Tales Based on Mayan Myths and Guatemalan Legends

Mirror of Lida Sal: Tales Based on Mayan Myths and Guatemalan Legends

A never-before-translated collection of stories based on Mayan myth and Guatemalan folklore by the 1967 Nobel Laureate. Brilliantly inventive adaptations of Guatemalan folk tales intermesh the technical virtuosity, incomparable imagination, and profound poetic vision of a giant of twentieth-century literature.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 146 pages

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