{"product_id":"akum-the-magic-of-dreams-9798999230522","title":"Akum: The Magic of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAkum, the Magic of Dreams \u003c\/strong\u003eis the color illustrated story of \u003cstrong\u003eMaribel\u003c\/strong\u003e, a precocious girl whose imagination leads her to the enchanting world of two wandering gnomes in search of \u003cstrong\u003eMuisca gold\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through \u003cem\u003eLongtooth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChichigua\u003c\/em\u003e, Maribel meets \u003cstrong\u003eAgmmandiel\u003c\/strong\u003e, a playful elf who transforms into a bird at will. Maribel must solve the enigma of Agmmandiel in order to cross the \u003cstrong\u003eBridge of Illusions\u003c\/strong\u003e, enter the \u003cstrong\u003eMountain of Akum\u003c\/strong\u003e and meet the warrior prince who holds the key to the secret of the Muisca culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaribel is the character in which the author condenses with extraordinary literary sagacity the elements of childhood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis story presents the power of children, which makes them participants in the inventions of Nature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRigor and creative flight allow the reader to access the dimension of childhood, that threshold of the marvelous that represents the initiatory steps that is the transit of mythical splendors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChavez-Vasquez combines magical realism, fantasy and mythical magical adventure into a story that celebrates courage, imagination and discovery. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis treatment of theme and characters is preceded by the vital imprint of early age, interwoven with dreams, terrors and dazzles, expression of sociocultural environment, rich in contrasts and passions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe author approaches her narrative with singular skill in the use of language and an inventive audacity that ends up recreating the atmosphere with a geographical, human, cultural and historical content.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemories, dreams, legends, superstitions merge into an organic whole, with a procession of gnomes, elves and apparitions, that is to say, a vision of deep telluric content; with a folk background, where play is mixed with drama, sarcasm with humor, reality with fantasy, and where a longing for justice and a tormented effort to define the identity of a world persists.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn exquisite synthesis of the anthropological sign, elevated to a great aesthetic dignity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAKUM is indeed, a powerful and imaginative and tender story, a hymn to life, backed by a solid spiritual and intellectual foundation, but above all by the great authenticity of the writer. The art of storytelling becomes living substance in the narrative of Gloria Chávez Vásquez.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goldeer Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999230522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Gloria Chavez-Vasquez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715597824181,"sku":"9798999230522","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/akum-the-magic-of-dreams-9798999230522","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}