{"product_id":"voices-from-the-land-of-trees-9780955106187","title":"Voices from the Land of Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoices from the Land of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Guatemala''s thirty-six years of civil war. It is a familiar tale of exploitation, poverty and repression in pursuit of ''US interests''. But the ''Silent Holocaust'' of Guatemala was extraordinarily brutal even by the standards of Central America, involving CIA-trained death-squads, the widespread use of torture and rape, the deliberate targeting of churches and the genocide of 200,000 Indians. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese poems are spoken by many different voices - mothers, missionaries, children, soldiers, guerrillas, Indians, students and journalists - each struggling to be heard above the sound of gunfire and weeping, each trying to break the silence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoices from the Land of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of bold historical imagination and sympathy, a contribution to the process of recovering these terrible events from official silence and collective amnesia. It is a book about suffering and liberation, about the mysteries of Mayan culture and the beauty of the small country known as the ''Land of Trees''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat skill extraordinary sensitivity, bravery and generosity. \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePenniless Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn this collection, to adapt Auden''s phrase, poetry makes something happen. \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSouth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpathy, compassion and insight.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eStride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful moving and hart-wrenching poetry a brave, bold and important piece of writing. \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSmall Press Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoices from the Land of Trees is a visceral and moving work wrenched from Guatemala''s violent past. Angry and compassionate, Abigail Zammit''s own voice discovers an excoriating yet redemptive timbre, confronting oppression and suffering whilst remaining true to moral complexity and ambivalence.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eGraham Mort\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smokestack Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406555291991,"sku":"9780955106187","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780955106187.jpg?v=1730496268","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/voices-from-the-land-of-trees-9780955106187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}