Scandals in the House of Birds
| Author | : Nathaniel Tarn |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 426 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| ISBN-10 | : UTEXAS:059173005711340 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Scandals in the House of Birds by : Nathaniel Tarn
Download or read book Scandals in the House of Birds written by Nathaniel Tarn and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a thirty-year span of fieldwork in the Lake Atitlan region of Guatemala, Scandals in the House of Birds is a multivoiced epic of a sacred crime, and its tangled mythic, religious, and political ramifications. The Maximon, a wooden statue venerated since pre-Columbian times, is stolen from the local villagers, sent to a European museum, and finally returned decades later, largely thanks to the authors' intervention.