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Long Life, Honey in the Heart
- Narrated by: Martín Prechtel
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Martín Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with the subtle intelligence and sophistication of Mayan culture.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of Guatemala's political upheaval in the 1980s, this heady mix of magic, humor, and spirituality immerses the listeners in the experiences of Mayan birth, courting, marriage, child-rearing, old age, death, and beyond, using the true story of Prechtel's own family and friends.
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"It's an encyclopedia of beauty...like some poem of Neruda's, it is a treasure house of language, in service to life." (Robert Bly, author of The Night Abraham called to the Stars)
"Friend, if you have picked up this book, hold it. Don't set it down. Let it call. Let it enter. Let it undo the latch of forgetfulness It is not an academic study, nor event the personal account it at first appears. It is a hymn from the living heart of the universe, echoing in our being with praise and remembrance of that we didn't know we remembered." (Paul Weiss, director, Whole Health Center, Bar Harbor, Maine)
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- Ruth Cava
- 30-06-23
Tearfully beautiful
I have both read this book and listened to it multiple times and no doubt I will listen again. I find myself crying at Martín’s words and the beauty of those he has written so eloquently of. His experience of belonging and of experiencing life with a people far more complex than modern life and the history books gives credit, touches my soul so profoundly, I find myself crying at the beauty he describes & for the people that once lived. But as Martín says in his afterword, this book is not simply an account of what was, but of what we humans can be. I hope that the more I learn & the more I listen, I might be inching closer to becoming a complex, simple, living, beautiful human, myself. All blessings to the author and all those who’s ears and minds his words reach.
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- janina bisley
- 18-02-24
Beautiful and magical remembering
Remembering what it is to feel connected to community and spirit.
A story of integrity
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- cian o r
- 11-11-22
maybe the most beautiful book ever written
devastatingly beautiful, important and so alive with a wisdom deeper than anything you'll find in the modern world
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