Xocomil: The Winds of Atitlán by Mohrmann, David - 2016-01-04

Wildwinds Publishing, 2016. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

wildwinds publishing, 2016-01-04. Paperback. Used:Good.

wildwinds publishing, 2016-01-04. Paperback. Used: Good.

wildwinds publishing, 2016. Trade Paperback. A new copy. XOCOMIL (Show-coh-meel), The Winds of Atitlan. The novel spans what many historians term the Guatemalan Civil War. That, unfortunately, does not include the United State's participation in that war, or begin to describe how it was experienced by the oppressed indigenous Maya. The story begins and ends at Lake Atitlan. It travels from traditional Maya villages through the war-torn mountains of Guatemala; from cornfields in Kansas through the jungles of Vietnam; from pot-filled hills in Northern California through the psychedelic haunts of San Francisco to the ruins, and magic mushrooms, of Southern Mexico. It is about simple lands full of complex intrigues. And hope. Always hope. Jaime is a poor Maya boy from Santa Catarina Palopo--a good son, a dreamer--unable to escape the harsh realities of Indian life. Jake is a farm boy from Salina, Kansas--also a dreamer--who, like Jaime, must survive a war and its many nightmares. Aura is a Maya girl… Read More

wildwinds publishing, 2016. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 464 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.16 inches.