Land Without Evil
โ Scribed by Matthew J. Pallamary
- Publisher
- Charles Publishing Company
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780912880099
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Journey back two hundred and fifty years, into a long forgotten world, where nature speaks through plants, and song pours forth from cascading waterfalls as breathtakingly as a church choir sings Ave Maria. A place where the rhythm of a feathered rattle is believed to bring you closer to your creator. A world where mysticism and innate spirituality conflict with Christianity.
Ava-Tape, raised in the traditions of the Guarani Indians of South America, then Mission educated by the Jesuits, sees the truth and beauty in both worlds, but he can only live in one. Neither the Jesuits, nor his father, Ava-Nembiara, the tribe's shaman, will accept less than absolute allegiance, which forces Ava-Tape to choose between them.
Shamanism, religious bigotry, history, imperialism, coming of age, and a touching love story drive this incisive, thought-provoking narrative of the demise and ultimate triumph of an indigenous people and their...
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