Aquí era el paraíso: Poemas seleccionados / Here Was Paradise: Selected Poems
Patricia Aldana, illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling, Patricia Aldana, Hugh Hazelton
This bilingual Spanish-English collection gathers selected short poems in twelve thematic parts. The poems attend to village life and everyday objects alongside the natural world, including animals, plants, and woodlands. They also engage with Mayan K’iche’ identity and language. Each section opens with a full-page mixed-media illustration that draws on its central subjects, creating visual entry points to the poems and their recurring attention to place, culture, and nature.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
