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The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun: Ecstasy and Time
The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun Ecstasy and Time Author:Martin Prechtel How did the world come together? Internationally acclaimed author Martín Prechtel tells us in his newest book that the world comes directly from love, loss, grief, and ecstasy. In a luminescent testimony to the ancient teaching ability of story, Prechtel, author of Secrets of the Talking Jaguar and Long Life, Honey in the Heart, brings aliv... more »e this previously unpublished tale from traditional Mayan highland people of central Guatemala. But he does not leave it at that. In this beautifully composed book illustrated with twenty-eight of Prechtel's own line drawings, he presents in his inimitable style five layers of useful and imaginative commentary that uncover the deeper indigenous understandings buried in the story as well as Prechtel?s own hopeful thoughts of how the story relates to modern people in this troubled time. Cover art and 28 pen-and-ink illustrations by the author.« less