His name was death
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Author
Contributors
Schluter, Kit, translator.
Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [2021].
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Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 148 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bernal, R., & Schluter, K. (2021). His name was death (First edition.). New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bernal, Rafael, 1915-1972 and Kit, Schluter. 2021. His Name Was Death. New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bernal, Rafael, 1915-1972 and Kit, Schluter. His Name Was Death New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bernal, Rafael, and Kit Schluter. His Name Was Death First edition., New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2021.
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