The Popol Vuh

One of the New York Times ’s Ten Best Poetry Books of the Year: A “superb” translation into verse of the Mayan epic ( Literary Review ). A World Literature Today Notable Translation In the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: “Earth.” There are no inhabitants, and no sun—only the broad sky, silent sea, and sovereign Framer and Shaper. Then come the twin heroes Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Wielding blowguns, they begin a journey to hell and back, ready to confront the folly of f