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Aquí era el paraíso: Selección de poemas de Humberto Ak'abal/ Here Was Paradise: Selected Poems of Humberto Ak'abal
Edited by Patricia Aldana
Illustrator: Amelia Lau Carling
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN: 978-1-77306-495-6
Keywords: Bilingual, Guatemala, Maya people, K'iche language
Ak'abal's poetry, originally written in K'iche and translated into Spanish by the Mayan poet, in an attractive, bilingual edition, illustrated with vibrant mixed media images.