{"product_id":"his-name-was-death-paperback","title":"His Name Was Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRafael Bernal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKit Schluter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bitter drunk forsakes civilization and takes to the Mexican jungle, trapping animals, selling their pelts to buy liquor for colossal benders, and slowly rotting away in his fetid hut. His neighbors, a clan of the Lacodón tribe of Chiapas, however, see something more in him than he does himself (dubbing him Wise Owl): when he falls deathly ill, a shaman named Black Ant saves his life--and, almost by chance, in driving out his fever, she exorcises the demon of alcoholism as well. Slowly recovering, weak in his hammock, our antihero discovers a curious thing about the mosquitoes' buzzing, \"which to human ears seemed so irritating and pointless.\" Perhaps, in fact, it constituted a language he might learn--and with the help of a flute and a homemade dictionary--even speak. Slowly, he masters Mosquil, with astonishing consequences... Will he harness the mosquitoes' global might? And will his new powers enable him to take over the world that's rejected him? A book far ahead of its time, \u003cem\u003eHis Name Was Death\u003c\/em\u003e looks down the double-barreled shotgun of ecological disaster and colonial exploitation--and cackles a graveyard laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.8 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767952245024,"sku":"9780811230834","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/63779148fb3cb85b8ab749d027d56181.webp?v=1780321371","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/his-name-was-death-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}