An edition of Song of the hummingbird (1996)

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An edition of Song of the hummingbird (1996)

Song of the hummingbird

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Father Benito questions the forces that brought him to Huitzitzilin. She seems intent on chronicling her life. And hers is a tale that both intrigues and repels him. Distracted from his mission to confess and absolve Huitzitzilin, the priest presses her to tell her compelling story. He has heard the tales of the conquest: the accounts of atrocities, of barbarism, of despair suffered by the conquistadors in the quest for glory.

Huitzitzilin speaks of the same death and destruction, but in her tale the roles are reversed. The natives are the victims.

  1. Her words are a revelation. The priest accepts Huitzitzilin's account because she was a witness to the events he learned of only second hand. As he listens to the song of Hummingbird, the priest beings to question his firmly-held convictions. Against his will, he is imbued with unexpected empathy for Hummingbird and all the Mexica people. A novel idea take hold of his consciousness: he begins to share Huitzitzilin's nostalgia for what is irrevocably gone.
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Language
English
Pages
217

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Cover of: La cancion del colibri
La cancion del colibri
2006, Arte Publico Press
in Spanish
Cover of: Song of the hummingbird
Song of the hummingbird
1996, Arte Publico Press
in English
Cover of: Song of the hummingbird
Song of the hummingbird
1996, Arte Público Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Houston, Tex

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3562.I464 S66 1996, PS3562.I464S66 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
217 p. ;
Number of pages
217

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL801308M
ISBN 10
1558851577, 1558850910
LCCN
95037666
Library Thing
1192162
Goodreads
973335
3659585

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1987683W

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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record