{"product_id":"the-popol-vuh","title":"The Popol Vuh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWORLD LITERATURE TODAY\u003c\/em\u003e NOTABLE TRANSLATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: \"Earth.\" There are no inhabitants, and no sun--only the broad sky, silent sea, and sovereign Framer and Shaper. Then come the twin heroes Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Wielding blowguns, they begin a journey to hell and back, ready to confront the folly of false deities as well as death itself, in service to the world and to humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the Mayan \u003cem\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the book of the woven mat,\" one of the only epics indigenous to the Americas. Originally sung and chanted, before being translated into prose--and now, for the first time, translated back into verse by Michael Bazzett--this is a story of the generative power of language. A story that asks not only \u003cem\u003eWhere did you come from? \u003c\/em\u003ebut \u003cem\u003eHow might you live again?\u003c\/em\u003e A story that, for the first time in English, lives fully as \"the phonetic rendering of a living pulse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns poetic and lucid, sinuous and accessible, this striking new translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Popol Vuh--\u003c\/em\u003ethe first in the Seedbank series of world literature\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003ebreathes new life into an essential tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Michael Bazzett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44444927361260,"sku":"9781571314680","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781571314680.jpg?v=1719500274","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-popol-vuh","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}