By Silvestre Pantaleón Esteva
Translated from Nahuatl and Edited by Jonathan D. Amith
Narrated by Silvestre Pantaleón
Illustrated by Inocencio Jiménez
Follow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.
Listen to an audio recording of this book HERE (mp3 and .wav files).
Publication Date: October 18, 2022
Hardcover: 9781646050710
eBook: 9781646050727
Description
Uncle Rabbit has been gazing longingly at a garden across the river where his favorite foods are planted. Finally, he tricks Old Man Crocodile into giving him a ride to the other side of the river, only to find that he has bitten off more than he can chew!
Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll beautifully recounts the Nahuatl version of Brer Rabbit, one of the most widespread tales of both the Old and New Worlds, in three languages. Told by master storyteller Silvestre Pantaleón and illustrated on amate (bark) paper by Inocencio Jiménez, a self‐taught artist from the same village in Guerrero, Mexico, the book tells the story of trickster Uncle Rabbit as he cleverly makes fools out of his eternal adversaries: Old Man Crocodile and the Coyote.
Presented here in Nahuatl alongside English and Spanish translations, Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll shares a beloved tale with intercultural meaning alongside unique, detailed bark paintings and a Nahuatl-English glossary.
Biographical Note
Silvestre Panteleón, recently deceased, was from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Augustín Oapan, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
Inocencio Jiménez is a self-taught artist also from San Agustín Oapan. He illustrated Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll over the course of 18 months.