AXOLOTIADA : VIDA Y MITO DE UN ANFIBIO MEXICANO by GERARDO VILLADELANGEL VINAS (COORD.) ; ROGER BARTRA - 2011

NEW ~ Colorful anthology of writings and art inspired by the axolotl, or axolote (Ambystoma mexicanum), the fascinating Mexican salamander that retains juvenile characteristics into adulthood. Worthy of celebration, the axolotl is able to regenerate not only limbs, but organs. Roger Bartra assembled over thirty selections by international authors, including Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, Francisco Javier Clavijero, Stephen Jay Gould, Primo Levi, Julio Cortazar, Octavio Paz, Jose Emilio Pacheco, Ana Garcia Bergua, Veronica Volkow, and wrote the introduction, one of the selections, and notes. 415pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. In stock. Light shelf wear to silvery dust jacket. Usually ships in three days.