Magic Words: From the Ancient Oral Tradition of the Inuit - Rilegato

Oelschlager, Vanita

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0983290466 ISBN 13: 9780983290469

Casa editrice: Vanitabooks Llc, 2013

Riassunto

Presents a poem inspired by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen's visits with the Inuit people of the Arctic Circle.

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L'autore:

Unknown author. The translator is Edward Field. In the 1960s he was asked to
translate a book of Inuit Eskimo poems for a teaching program. He received many
honors for his poetry and toured the country reading at universities as well as The
Library of Congress. He lives in New York City with his blind partner with whom he
has collaborated on several novels under their pseudonym Bruce Elliot.

Product Description:

Magic Words describes a world where humans and animals share bodies andlanguages, where the world of the imagination mixes easily with the physical. Itbegan as a story that told how the Inuit people came to be and became a legendpassed from generation to generation. In translation it grew from myth to poem.The text comes from expedition notes recorded by Danish explorer KnudRasmussen in 1921. Edward Field got a copy from the Harvard Library andtranslated it into English.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vanitabooks Llc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0983290466
• ISBN 13: 9780983290469
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 24
• Disegnatore: Blanc Mike