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UN MAYA MIGRANTE: un viaje sin retorno / A MAYA MIGRANT: A Journey of No Return

by Gaspar Pedro González

  

A novella in English and Spanish, with Q’anjob’al expressions throughout, is a powerful story describing the diasporic consequences for a man named Palas, and his wife and family left behind in Guatemala. 


The story begins with a discussion of the causes behind migration, and then proceeds to Palas while he arranges his trip with the coyote, makes his goodbyes to his family and community, makes the overland passage through Mexico, and when in the United States finds many hopes and plans unrealized. Palas and his loved ones will encounter the destructive forces of family separation, and challenges to their values and the way they see the world and community.  The author includes a socio-political introduction from a Maya perspective and a glossary at the end of the book for Q’anjob’al Maya references and Spanish slang. 


Published by Yax Te’ Books in partnership with Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis. English translation by Hana Muzika Kahn.


For information/orders, send email to hmkahn@temple.edu  

2022; $13.00 (postage included)

ISBN: 978-99939-35-03-2 

Gaspar Pedro González recordings 2021

Introduction

 Gaspar Pedro González, author of many books about the Q’anjob’al Maya, has recently recorded his readings of some of his poems, accompanied by traditional local music. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear the author himself read his poems, and to listen to the music played at celebrations in the Q’anjob’al region of Guatemala. 

Q'anej/La Palabra (The Word)

  

This poem was first published in 1998 by Fundación Yax Te’ in the Q’anjob’al / Spanish collection Sq’anej Maya’ / Palabras Mayas (now out of print). It appears in the Q’anjob’al / English collection The Dry Season and the theme is developed further in the 2014 trilingual edition of his poems Xumakil / Botón en Flor / Budding(available on this website).


“Q’anej / La Palabra” is a lyrical poem addressed to “Mam Icham” (Old Grandfather) to honor the history, tradition and culture preserved by the ancestors through the Q’anjob’al language. Every word in the poem has linguistic, cultural and socio-political significance, emphasized by the beat of the drum which accompanies the speaker’s contemplation of the language from the margins of the world. 

Sk’uhal Kamom / Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead)

  

This is the final poem in the trilingual collection Xumakil / Botón en Flor / Budding, published by Yax Te’ Books in 2014, and read here by the author, Gaspar Pedro González, in Q’anjob’al and Spanish. It evokes the Maya traditions of the Day of the Dead, cleaning the house and preparing an altar with flowers and candles, sharing local food and drinks, mourning the death and celebrating the memories of the writer’s father while dancing to traditional music.  

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Q'anej (Q'anjob'al version) (mp3)

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La Palabra (Spanish version) (mp3)

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Sk’uhal Kamom (Q’anjob’al version) (mp3)

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Día de Muertos (Spanish version) (mp3)

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NEW Title: Trilingual Book Available for Download

TZIJONΪK RICHIN JUN TINAMΪTAJ CHI IXIMULEW

HISTORIAS DE UN PUEBLO DE GUATEMALA  

STORIES FROM A TOWN IN GUATEMALA  


Re wuj re’ nuya’ rutzijol ri b’anatajik, ri k’ulwachitajnäq pe pa kik’aslem ri winaqi’ kitzijon pe ri aj Parramux, Parrojas, Chirijuyu’ chuqa’ Chitab’uruy, e k’o pa rulewal ri tinamital B’oko’ richin Iximulew

Este libro es un testimonio escrito de las memorias, las tradiciones y las experiencias narradas por miembros de las comunidades de Parramos, Parrojas, Chirijuyú y Chitaburuy, en el Departamento de Chimaltenango, Guatemala. 

This book is written testimony of the memories, traditions and experiences narrated by the people of Parramos, Parrojas, Chirijuyu and Chitaburuy, in the Department of Chimaltenango, Guatemala 

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TZIJONΪK RICHIN JUN TINAMΪTAJ CHI IXIMULEW (pdf)

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Featured Titles

Novels by Gaspar Pedro González

El 13 B'aktun: La nueva era 2012

13.00

 ISBN 99922-2-331-6 


El Retorno de los Mayas

10.00

 ISBN 1-886502-31-7 

Return of the Maya

10.00

 ISBN 1-886502-25-0 

La Otra Cara

13.00

Spanish edition; 3rd edition, 2nd edition

Sb'eyb'al Jun Naq Maya' Q'anjob'al / La Otra Cara

15.00

Bilingual edition 

A Mayan Life

13.00

English edition


Novels by Victor D. Montejo

Las Aventuras De Míster Puttison Entre los Mayas

12.00

 ISBN 1-886502-18-8 


Poetry by Gaspar Pedro González

Xumakil Botón en Flor Budding

10.00

 ISBN 1-886502-65-X 

The Dry Season; Q'anjob'al Maya Poems

14.00

 ISBN 1-880834-53-7 

Sq'anej Maya' / Palabras Mayas

10.00

 bilingual Q'anjob'al and Spanish


Poems by Victor D. Montejo

Q'anil: El Hombre Rayo / Komam Q'anil

10.00

 Q'ANIL: EL HOMBRE RAYO: Una Leyenda de Jacaltenango / KOMAM Q'ANIL: YA' K'UH WINAJ  
bilingual Popti'-Spanish
 

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