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Song of the Hummingbird |
Author: Graciela Limon
Published: 1996-03 |
List price: $12.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 The Spirit rises above defeat
A well paced, evocative novel. Enjoyable reading and a good take on the history of the time.
 Have yet to receive the book
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 Song of the Hummingbird
This is an excellent book, great reading and an amazing insight to the Aztec Culture and what they went through went Mexico was invaded by the Spanish Conquistadors.
Loved It!!
Great book for any undergraduate Chican@/Latin@ Lit. course! Checkout her other books as well, Dr. Limon is an amazing writer.
Easy and Quick Entertaining Read
I reread this book recently and still find it to be a great novel.
Great for a Middle or High School Student that is interested in learning briefly part of the history of Mexico and its conquest. This book would probably explain it better than any public school text book can. The conquest is told from an old Indian's point of view and experience, which makes it very enjoyable to read. Great book to read in one sitting or in a flight heading to Mexico City:)
A wise old Mexica nationalist, Huitzitzilin, uses the pretext of requesting a priest to hear her confession in hopes of assuring that the history of the Mexica people, their culture, their dignity as humans, as well as the greatness of Tenochtitlan and the true details of their eradication be told. Huitzitzilin correlates the practices, mostly religious, of the past with the present and between that of the Spaniards and the Mexicas. Through her personal and yet historical account, she touches on the cultural aspects of gender, race, and religion in the 16th century. Father Benito, the confessor, is so intrigued by Huitzitzilin's narration that he continues to visit her until her last days.
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