Bøger om Guatemala

Præsten Monica trænger til et afbræk fra en opslidende hverdag og besøger en gammel bekendt i Guatemala, hvor hun løber ind i både en børnehjemspige og en mafioso. Uanset hvor meget hun slapper af, får hun hele tiden sat gang i andre menneskers livsvalg. Hjemme i Danmark går hendes veninde, forsvarsadvokaten Beate, på jagt med bue og pil. Men Beate har ikke kunnet skyde rådyr, siden hendes mand døde i en tragisk bilulykke. Barndomsvennerne Marcus og Benjamin har hver sine problemer med kærligheden og med den hash, de skal have fordelt på Djursland. Politimanden Hans har fået en teenagedatter i huset og selv om kvindekønnet giver problemer, får han alligevel hjertebanken, når Beate dukker op. Og hans gode ven, skytten Henning, har en særegen forståelse af, hvordan man plejer en bestand. ORKANSÆSONEN OG STILHEDEN er en historie om de valg, vi træffer og hvordan de påvirker os selv og andre mennesker. En roman om tro, retfærdighed, selvtægt, kærlighed, sorg, forelskelser, drab og tilgivelse.

Fascinerende roman forankret i Guatemala i anden halvdel af det 20. århundrede om en rapport, der fordømmer det folkemord, militæret gennem mange år har begået på den indianske befolkning.

Eduardo Halfon, modtager af den svenske romanpris Berman Literature Prize, 2024 I slutningen af 1984 vender to unge guatemalanske brødre, som har været i eksil med deres forældre i USA i årevis, tilbage til Guatemala for at deltage i en sommerlejr for jødiske børn i skoven i et fjerntliggende bjergområde. De ved kun lidt om deres fødeland, og de taler knap nok spansk længere. Deres forældre har insisteret på, at de skal tilbringe nogle dage i lejren for at lære noget, ikke blot om overlevelse i naturen, men også om overlevelse i naturen for jødiske børn. For det er ikke det samme, har de fået at vide. Men en morgen opdager børnene, at lejren er blevet forvandlet til noget meget mere uhyggeligt: Nu må hver enkelt finde sin egen måde at overleve på. I denne bog vender forfatteren tilbage til en barndomsoplevelse i firsernes komplekse og voldelige Guatemala, om end han først vil begynde at opdage dens baggrund og forgreninger årtier senere efter tilfældige møder i Paris og Berlin med nogle af de gådefulde hovedpersoner bag. Der er hermed lagt en ny brik i Eduardo Halfons værk, et af de mest relevante nutidige litterære projekter.

This Guatemala guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed practical information on preparing for a trip and what to do on the ground. And this Guatemala travel guidebook is printed on paper from responsible sources, and verified to meet the FSC's strict environmental and social standards. This Guatemala guidebook covers: Guatemala City, Antigua and around, The western highlands, The Pacific coast, The Oriente and Izabal, Cobán and the Verapaces, Petén and Into Honduras: Copán and around.Inside this Guatemala travel book, you'll find: - A wide range of sights - Rough Guides experts have hand-picked places for travellers with different needs and desires: off-the-beaten-track adventures, family activities or chilled-out breaks- Itinerary examples - created for different time frames or types of trip- Practical information - how to get to Guatemala, all about public transport, food and drink, shopping, travelling with children, sports and outdoor activities, tips for travellers with disabilities and more- Author picks and things not to miss in Guatemala - Lago De Atitlán, Maya textiles, Centro Histórico, Río Dulce, Quetzal, Volcán De Pacaya, chicken buses, highland hiking, Semana Santa, studying spanish, the Ixil Region, Antigua, Tikal, Ron Zacapa Centenario, rainforest wildlife, Lívingston, Semuc Champey, Mirador Basin, Chichicastenango, Yaxhá, Maximón, Monterrico, Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Copán Ruins, coffee - Insider recommendations - tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money, and find the best local spots- When to go to Guatemala - high season, low season, climate information and festivals - Where to go - a clear introduction to Guatemala with key places and a handy overview - Extensive coverage of regions, places and experiences - regional highlights, sights and places for different types of travellers, with experiences matching different needs- Places to eat, drink and stay - hand-picked restaurants, cafes, bars and hotels- Practical info at each site - hours of operation, websites, transit tips, charges- Colour-coded mapping - with keys and legends listing sites categorised as highlights, eating, accommodation, shopping, drinking and nightlife - Background information for connoisseurs - history, culture, art, architecture, film, books, religion, diversity- Essential Spanish dictionary and glossary of local terms - Free download of the eBook - available after purchase of the printed guidebook to Guatemala - Fully updated post-COVID-19The guide provides a comprehensive and rich selection of places to see and things to do in Guatemala, as well as great planning tools. It's the perfect companion, both ahead of your trip and on the ground.

Este fascinante libro de canciones cuenta con un disco compacto que contiene audio y video de la historia que vas a leer. Tambiâen encontrarâas pequeänas notas con datos interesantes de câomo es la vida en Guatemala.

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Solito is my travel book of the year.' Telegraph 'Heartbreaking A rare, eye-opening rendition of the brutal reality of border-crossing.' Lea Ypi ';If there's any justice, Solito will someday be considered a classic.' Rumaan Alam Young Javier dreams of eating orange sherbet ice cream with his parents in the United States. For this to happen, he must embark on a three-thousand-mile journey alone. It should last only two weeks. But it takes seven. In limbo, Javier learns what people will do to survive and what they will forfeit to save someone else. This is a memoir of perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, and pointed guns. But it is also a story of tasting tacos for the first time, of who passes you their water jug in the crippling heat, and of longing to be in your mother's arms.

Francisco Goldman's widely-acclaimed retelling of the Bishop Gerardi murder case, now reissued with a new epilogue marking the release of George Clooney's production of the HBO documentary film based on Goldman's account.Known in Guatemala as "The Crime of the Century," the Bishop Gerardi murder case, with its unexpectedly outlandish scenarios and sensational developments, confounded observers and generated extraordinary controversy. When it was first published, The Art of Political Murder exposed a cover-up of the crime and helped change Guatemala's destiny as it emerged from decades of civil war. In the years since, major players in the case have been imprisoned, including the president of Guatemala, and one of the key suspects was murdered while in prison, along with thirteen others. Now reissued with a new epilogue to account for these recent events and their far-reaching repercussions, this is an unmissable new edition of this "extremely important book." (Salman Rushdie).

Take an exciting bus ride from a Guatemalan village to a market town with this fresh approach to a favorite song. Features a Guatemalan-inspired, marimba-flavored singalong and educational endnotes about life in Guatemala. A QR code on the book provides access to video animation and audio singalong.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Amerika, Note: 1,3, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In Guatemala, einem Land, das seit den sechziger Jahren durch Militärdiktaturen und einen blutigen Bürgerkrieg geprägt wurde, soll ab Anfang der achtziger Jahre eine Rückkehr zu Zivilregierungen eingeleitet werden. Die Bevölkerung ist durch die bereits über Jahre andauernde staatliche Repression massiv verängstigt und die Wirtschaft des Landes am Tiefpunkt angelangt, wodurch die Militärherrschaft zunehmend an Legitimität verliert. Festgefahrene Positionen der Akteure, ein erhebliches Misstrauen und Uneinigkeiten zwischen den Eliten gestalteten die Phase der Transition in Guatemala als einen konfliktreichen und langwierigen Prozess, sodass es erst im Jahre 1996 zu einer offiziellen Beendigung des Krieges kommt. Was an dieser Stelle aufgezeigt werden soll, sind die genauen Bedingungen und Schwierigkeiten einer durch ihre Akteure gelenkten Transition, die sich in Guatemala als ein Prozess zwischen den Interessen von Machteliten, Auslandsimage und Reifung zur Demokratie darstellte. Diese Arbeit konzentriert sich auf den Zeitraum der Phase der Übergangsregierungen (1982/83) und der beiden zivilen Regierungen Cerezo (1986-1991) und Serrano (1991-1993).

Die Auseinandersetzung mit der Thematik des kulturellen und sprachlichen Kontaktes zwischen Spanisch und indigenen Sprachen stellt ein aktuelles Forschungsgebiet innerhalb der Lateinamerikanistik dar. Dieser Untersuchungsgegenstand, beeinflusst von sich ständig ändernden sprachlichen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Dynamiken, verlangt nach innovativen und kompatiblen Betrachtungsweisen, um der zentralen Frage nachzugehen, wie Situationen der multiplen Mehrsprachigkeit in einer so verflochtenen Sprachkontaktsituation, wie sie beispielsweise in Guatemala zu finden ist, gemanaged werden. Mittels der Anwendung des Paradigmas der Sprachökologie im Verbund mit multimodaler Konversationsanalyse konnten in dieser Dissertation soziale, regionale, kulturelle und historische Gesichtspunkte miteinander vereint werden, um die Sprachkontaktsituation eines spezifischen Landes, in diesem Falle Guatemalas, ganzheitlich zu erörtern.

Canción et uforligneligt litterært univers. Den guatemalanske forfatter Edaurdo Halfon fordyber sig i sit lands brutale og komplekse nyere historie, hvor det bliver stadig vanskeligere at skelne mellem ofre og bødler.Han skaber et uforligneligt litterært univers på tværs af forskellige tidsmæssige, geografiske, sociale og kulturelle sammenhænge, som tilsammen udgør en brik i hans undersøgelse af en guatemalansk identitet, der har jødiske, syrisk-libanesiske rødder.

An in-depth look at Maya cave painting from Preconquest times to the Colonial period, plus a complete visual catalog of the cave art of Naj Tunich.In 1979, a Kekchi Maya Indian accidentally discovered the entrance to Naj Tunich, a deep cave in the Maya Mountains of El Peten, Guatemala. One of the world's few deep caves that contain rock art, Naj Tunich features figural images and hieroglyphic inscriptions that have helped to revolutionize our understanding of ancient Maya art and ritual.In this book, Andrea Stone takes a comprehensive look at Maya cave painting from Preconquest times to the Colonial period. After surveying Mesoamerican cave and rock painting sites and discussing all twenty-five known painted caves in the Maya area, she focuses extensively on Naj Tunich. Her text analyzes the images and inscriptions, while photographs and line drawings provide a complete visual catalog of the cave art, some of which has been subsequently destroyed by vandals.This important new body of images and texts enlarges our understanding of the Maya view of sacred landscape and the role of caves in ritual. It will be important reading for all students of the Maya, as well as for others interested in cave art and in human relationships with the natural environment.';Not only an extraordinarily detailed and insightful analysis of the painted representations and texts found in Naj Tunich but also a complete survey of all known Maya painted caves.... A major monograph on a major Maya site. For completeness of presentation, for clarity of writing, and for depth and scope of analysis, [Images from the Underworld] is a model of what a final report should be.' Journal of Anthropological Research

Scholars and Guatemalans have characterized eastern Guatemala as Ladino or non-Indian. The Ch'orti' do not exhibit the obvious indigenous markers found among the Mayas of western Guatemala, Chiapas, and the Yucatn Peninsula of Mexico. Few still speak Ch'orti', most no longer wear distinctive dress, and most community organizations have long been abandoned. During the colonial period, the Ch'orti' region was adjacent to relatively vibrant economic regions of Central America that included major trade routes, mines, and dye plantations. In the twentieth century Ch'orti's directly experienced U.S.-backed dictatorships, a 36-year civil war from start to finish, and Christian evangelization campaigns, all while their population has increased exponentially. These have had tremendous impacts on Ch'orti' identities and cultures.From 1991 to 1993, Brent Metz lived in three Ch'orti' Maya-speaking communities, learning the language, conducting household surveys, and interviewing informants. He found Ch'orti's to be ashamed of their indigeneity, and he was fortunate to be present and involved when many Ch'orti's joined the Maya Movement. He has continued to expand his ethnographic research of the Ch'orti' annually ever since and has witnessed how Ch'orti's are reformulating their history and identity.

A Mayan evangelical pastor recounts his harrowing experience before and during the Guatemalan Civil War and the heroic action that saved hundreds of lives.During the height of the Guatemalan civil war, Toms Guzaro, a Mayan evangelical pastor, led more than two hundred fellow Mayas out of guerrilla-controlled Ixil territory and into the relative safety of the government armys hands. This exodus was one of the factors that caused the guerrillas to lose their grip on the Ixil, thus hastening the return of peace to the area.In Escaping the Fire, Guzaro relates the hardships common to most Mayas and the resulting unrest that opened the door to civil war. He details the Guatemalan army's atrocities while also describing the Guerrilla Army of the Poor's rise to power in Ixil country, which resulted in limited religious freedom, murdered church leaders, and threatened congregations. His story climaxes with the harrowing vision that induced him to guide his people out of their war-torn homeland. Guzaro also provides an intimate look at his spiritual pilgrimage through all three of Guatemalas main religions. The son of a Mayan priest, formerly a leader in the Catholic Church, and finally a convert to Protestantism, Guzaro, in detailing his religious life, offers insight into the widespread shift toward Protestantism in Latin America over the past four decades.