His name was death
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Schluter, Kit, translator.
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Published:
New York : New Directions Publishing, 2021.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
x, 148 pages ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780811230834, 081123083X, 9780811230834
Notes
General Note
"A New Directions paperbook original".
Description
"A bitter drunk forsakes civilization and takes to the Mexican jungle, trapping animals, selling their pelts to buy liquor for colossal benders, and slowly rotting away in his fetid hut. His neighbors, a clan of the Lacodón tribe of Chiapas, however, see something more in him than he does himself (dubbing him Wise Owl): when he falls deathly ill, a shaman named Black Ant saves his life-and, almost by chance, in driving out his fever, she exorcises the demon of alcoholism as well. Slowly recovering, weak in his hammock, our antihero discovers a curious thing about the mosquitoes' buzzing, "which to human ears seemed so irritating and pointless." Perhaps, in fact, constituted a language he might learn-and with the help of a flute and a homemade dictionary-even speak. Slowly, he masters Mosquil, with astonishing consequences... Will he harness the mosquitoes' global might? And will his new powers enable him to take over the world that's rejected him? A book far ahead of its time, His Name Was Death looks down the double-barreled shotgun of ecological disaster and colonial exploitation-and cackles a graveyard laugh"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
In English, translated from the Spanish.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Bernal, R., & Schluter, K. (2021). His name was death. First edition. New Directions Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bernal, Rafael, 1915-1972 and Kit, Schluter. 2021. His Name Was Death. New Directions Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bernal, Rafael, 1915-1972 and Kit, Schluter, His Name Was Death. New Directions Publishing, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bernal, Rafael, and Kit Schluter. His Name Was Death. First edition. New Directions Publishing, 2021.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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