Golden Ufos: The Indian Poems: Los Ovnis de Oro: Poemas Indios

by Ernesto Cardenal

Book Overview

In 1898 Tahirassawichi went to Washington
"only to speak about religion"
(as he told the American government)
only to preserve the prayers.
And the Capitol did not impress him."
--from "Tahirassawichi in Washington"

Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet, priest, and revolutionary, foresees a new order for humanity. Here in his Indian poems, Father Cardenal interweaves myth, legend, history, and contemporary reality to speak...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253206774
• ISBN13: 9780253206770
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher