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A carregar... The Girl from Chimelpor Rigoberta Menchú
   Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) alexcirasuolo | Oct 11, 2012 |  Reminds me of the Vietnamese memoir, Water Buffalo Days. Of an idyllic time before a horrific one. One story -- talks about how Mayans believe when we are born, a little creature is born with us -- which is just like us -- called our nahual. When a baby is born, the parents have to petition to find out the name of their baby's nahual from the spiritual leaders. The creature could be a coyote or a bear or a puma or wild boar, etc. Reminded me of Philip Pullman's daemons... (  ) UWC_PYP | Feb 13, 2008 | ginaruiz | Dec 26, 2006 | sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Menchu's retelling of the stories her grandparents and parents told presents a rich, humorous and engaging picture of the past. Stories like her grandfather swepting her grandmother off her feet, picking blackberries and secretly eating them with chunks of brown sugar, playing with her siblings in the river and her mother's knowledge of the healing powers of the forest plants. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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