Author: Julián Herbert Publisher: Graywolf Press ISBN: 1555979890 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 189
Book Description
An incandescent new voice from Mexico, for readers of Ben Lerner and Rachel Cusk Sitting at the bedside of his mother as she is dying from leukemia in a hospital in northern Mexico, the narrator of Tomb Song is immersed in memories of his unstable boyhood and youth. His mother, Guadalupe, was a prostitute, and Julián spent his childhood with his half brothers and sisters, each from a different father, moving from city to city and from one tough neighborhood to the next. Swinging from the present to the past and back again, Tomb Song is not only an affecting coming-of-age story but also a searching and sometimes frenetic portrait of the artist. As he wanders the hospital, from its buzzing upper floors to the haunted depths of the morgue, Julián tells fevered stories of his life as a writer, from a trip with his pregnant wife to a poetry festival in Berlin to a drug-fueled and possibly completely imagined trip to another festival in Cuba. Throughout, he portrays the margins of Mexican society as well as the attitudes, prejudices, contradictions, and occasionally absurd history of a country ravaged by corruption, violence, and dysfunction. Inhabiting the fertile ground between fiction, memoir, and essay, Tomb Song is an electric prose performance, a kaleidoscopic, tender, and often darkly funny exploration of sex, love, and death. Julián Herbert’s English-language debut establishes him as one of the most audacious voices in contemporary letters.
Author: Ricardo Muñoz Zurita Publisher: Ediciones Larousse (MX) ISBN: 9786072106192 Category : Cooking Languages : es Pages : 0
Book Description
The best reference and resource out there on Mexican cooking and cuisine, Larousse Diccionario Enciclopedico de la Gastronomia Mexican covers just about everything from A to Z in 648 pages. In it Ricardo defines ingredients, cooking styles and methods, the cooking in various regions, utensils, festivals, foodways and more. There are also lists of antojitos, moles, mushrooms, chiles fresh and dried in handy chart form that makes it easy to figure out where a dish originated, what the major components are and what it might be called in the various areas of Mexico. An updated new edition, that is beautiful, easy to use and enhanced with many color photos. This is a tremendous resource for serious students of Mexican cuisine. La mejor referencia y de los recursos que hay en la cocina y la gastronomía mexicana, Larousse Diccionario Enciclopédico de la Gastronomía Mexicana abarca casi todo, desde la A a la Z, en 648 páginas. En ella Ricardo define ingredientes, estilos de cocina y métodos, la cocción en varias regiones, los utensilios, las fiestas, costumbres alimenticias y mucho más. También hay listas de antojitos, lunares, champiñones, chiles frescos y secos en forma de tabla útil que hace que sea fácil de averiguar dónde se originó un plato, lo que los componentes principales son y lo que podría ser llamado en las diversas regiones de México. Una nueva edición actualizada, que es hermoso, fácil de usar y mejorado con muchas fotos en color. Este es un gran recurso para los estudiantes serios de la cocina mexicana.
Author: American Library Association. Reference and Subscription Books Review Committee Publisher: American Library Association ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 848
Author: Ramiro Matos Publisher: Smithsonian Institution ISBN: 1588345459 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 233
Book Description
This compelling collection of essays explores the Qhapaq nan (or Great Inca Road), an extensive network of trails reaching modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived for more than six centuries are a testament to the advanced engineering and construction skills of the Inca people. The Qhapaq nan also spurred an important process of ecological and community integration across the Andean region. This book, the companion volume to a National Museum of the American Indian exhibition of the same name, features essays on six main themes: the ancestors of the Inca, Cusco as the center of the empire, road engineering, road transportation and integration, the road in the Colonial era, and the road today. Beautifully designed and featuring more than 225 full-color illustrations, The Great Inka Road is a fascinating look at this enduring symbol of the Andean peoples' strength and adaptability.
Author: Chad Brand Publisher: B&H Publishing Group ISBN: 0805499350 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 1744
Book Description
For 25 years the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary has been the go-to Bible reference resource for lay Bible students, teachers, pastors, academic courses, and libraries. Now this bestselling dictionary has been UPDATED with 200 new articles and over 500 new photos compiling a collection of over 6,500 articles from Aaron to Zuzite are written so as to equip the reader for greater competence in understanding and interpreting the Scriptures. TAn excellent companion to the Holman Illustrated Bible Commentary.
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