†L: Four Mapuche Poets

by Cecilia--Ed. "Vicu„a ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1998

Another in the press's trilingual indigenous language series (see above), this volume samples four Mapuche poets from Chile, who contribute to the renewal of a culture more or less outlawed during the dark days of military role. An oral tradition, the ""agglutinating and polysynthetic"" songs in Mapandungun (the language of the Mapuche) influence the poets sampled here, only two of whom grew up speaking it. Like other indigenous poets, they fuse native verbal arts to modern concerns with the preservation of a land and a people, and their verse both witnesses and celebrates.

Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1998

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 160

Publisher: Latin American Literary Review

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1998

Categories: FICTION