Condor and Hummingbird
Publisher: Wild Tress Press, 1986; UK edition, Women's Press (UK), 1987
Published: 1986, 1987
Place of publication: Navarro, CA (1986); London, England (1987)
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780704340763
Subjects: Modern fiction; General; Fiction - General; Fiction
First sentence: It was the summer before the first Kennedy assassination, but we didn't know that.
Description: "A compelling and passionate novel about a woman's discovery that the most foreign country is within."  Alice Walker, owner and editor of Wild Trees Press. CONDOR AND HUMMINGBIRD takes place in Colombia during the 1960's, and explores issues such as children in poverty, social inequity, and the mythology of pre-Columbian people of the Andes, especially the Kogi.
Notes: Cover painting by Rachel Mendez