La Cancion del Colibri (Spanish Edition)

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La Cancion del Colibri (Spanish Edition)

From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Hummingbirdâ€”or HuitzitzilÃn in her native Nahuatlâ€” recounts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico in Graciela LimÃ³nâ€™s novel, La canciÃ³n del colibrÃ. Translated from the English-language novel originally published in 1996, Song of the Hummingbird, HuitzitzilÃn describes the wondrous arrival of the four-legged gods and the brutal devastation of her land and her people. She witnessed the obliteration of TenochitlÃ¡n and suffered the loss of her identity â€“ forced to discard her traditional garb, to speak a language foreign to her tongue and to forsake her ancestral gods.
Expressing a confidence and freedom that women have strived for centuries to attain, HuitzitzilÃn passionately relates her tale to Father Benito, the priest who seeks to confess and convert her, to offer her absolution she neither needs nor wants. Instead she forces him to see the conquest for the first time through the eyes of the conquered.
In La canciÃ³n del colibrÃ, LimÃ³n pays homage to the pre-Colombian woman, celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in the face of cataclysm, and mourns our collective loss of treasures more valuable than all the plundered riches and gold.
Country USA
Brand Arte Publico Press
Manufacturer Arte Publico Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781558854499
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Arte Publico Press
Manufacturer	Arte Publico Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781558854499
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

La Cancion del Colibri (Spanish Edition)

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