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Popol Vuh The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya By Adrián Recinos
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Based on ten years of research by a leading scholar of Maya literature, this translation with extensive notes is uniquely faithful to the original language. Retaining the poetic style of the original text, the translation is also remarkably accessible to English readers.
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