Stealing Benefacio's roses
Subtitle: a Mayan epic : a love story
By: by Martín Prechtel.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781556435874
Subjects: Mayas -- Folklore.
Work titles: Toe bone and the tooth
Description: "This is a book in the tradition of indigenous oral storytelling. Martin Prechtel lived for years in the Central Guatemalan village of Santiago Atitlan. Here he interweaves retellings of his personal experience of life in the village and the political horrors of civil war with retellings of the magic and love stories and complexity of sacred Mayan myths"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published: The toe bone and the tooth. London : Thorsons, c2002.