The Doubtful Strait / El Estrecho Dudoso

by Ernesto Cardenal

Book Overview

" . . . very well translated . . . Cardenal merits praise for presenting, on such an ambitious scale, a passionate alternative history of the Spanish encounter with Central America." --Booklist

"Combining hsitory with poetry, Cardenal exposes the violence, treachery, injustice, and exploitation that are so much a part of Central America and Mexico's] past and present." --World Literature Today

"Explore this dense, beautiful poem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025320903X
• ISBN13: 9780253209030
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher