Song of the hummingbird

Graciela Limón

first published 1996 Arte Publico Press, 2006

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...

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La cancion del colibri edition · 2006 · Arte Publico Press
Song of the hummingbird edition · 1996 · Arte Publico Press · 217 pages
Song of the hummingbird edition · 1996 · Arte Público Press · 217 pages

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