Pablo Gonzales Casanova

Náhuatl Stories

Indigenous Tales from Mexico
Übersetzer: Gezentsvey, Desirée

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the first English translation of one of Mexican literature's classics. The Nahuas were the pre-Hispanic indigenous people of central Mexico and the Náhuatl literature presented in this collection conveys the customs, traditions, rituals, and beliefs of a culture with a very complex sociopolitical structure. These 14 stories were first collected by Pablo González Casanova in 1946, and this unique new edition presents the English translations facing the original Náhuatl texts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Victoria University Press
• Seitenzahl: 143
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780864738332
• ISBN-10: 0864738331
• Artikelnr.: 39304462

Autorenporträt

Pablo González Casanova was a leading Mexican linguist, writer, journalist, and academic. He was a lecturer at the Universidad Nacional de México and carried out extensive research on the Nahuatl language in Teotihuacan. He was also a member of the Mexican Language Academy and one of the founders of the Mexican Institute of Linguistic Research of the Universidad Nacional. Desirée Gezentsvey is an award-winning New Zealand playwright, poet, and translator with a passion for works that reflect social issues of multicultural character.