{"product_id":"a-mayan-life-by-gaspar-pedro-gonzalez","title":"'A Mayan Life' by Gaspar Pedro González","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"476\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"183\"\u003eA Mayan Life\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the earliest novels written by a Maya author and translated into English.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"476\"\u003eOriginally published in Q’eqchi’ under the title \u003cem data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"331\"\u003eLa otra cara\u003c\/em\u003e, the book traces the life of a Maya farmer in Guatemala, moving through childhood, labour, ritual life, and the creeping violence of colonial power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"794\"\u003eRather than adopting the narrative shape of a conventional Western novel, the story unfolds through memory, observation, and everyday experience. Farming, land, family, and spiritual practice form the backbone of the narrative, while the pressures of state violence and cultural erasure sit just beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"971\"\u003eThe book is significant not simply as literature but as testimony. It records a worldview rarely allowed space in print: one where land, history, and identity are inseparable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44183639097427,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/ScholarsCreatingDigitalMapsofSpinoza_sEthics-2026-03-12T144048.991.png?v=1773286957","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/a-mayan-life-by-gaspar-pedro-gonzalez","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}