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A place called Milagro del la Paz / Manlio Argueta ; translated by Michael B. Miller

By:

Argueta, Manlio, (, 1935-)

Contributor(s):

Miller, Michael B, (, 1941-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press , 2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 206 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781880684689

Subject(s):

Mothers and daughters -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

LAS FIC ARG

LOC classification:

PQ7539.2.A68 M5513 2000

Summary: This novel continues the saga of life among the common people in El Salvador begun with One Day of Life. A Place Called Milagro de la Paz tells the story of the courage and strength of two women, a single mother and her daughter, who have to overcome the trauma of the murder of the mother's older daughter and survive in an atmosphere of bitter poverty and repression. The book is filled, however, with magical, lyric moments of love and hope, especially surrounding the figure of a strange young girl with butterflies in her hair who appears suddenly and adopts the family. The tiny family group bravely preserves traditional values in spite of fear and repression. This new novel is Argueta's most lyrical work to date.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC ARG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013295

This novel continues the saga of life among the common people in El Salvador begun with One Day of Life. A Place Called Milagro de la Paz tells the story of the courage and strength of two women, a single mother and her daughter, who have to overcome the trauma of the murder of the mother's older daughter and survive in an atmosphere of bitter poverty and repression. The book is filled, however, with magical, lyric moments of love and hope, especially surrounding the figure of a strange young girl with butterflies in her hair who appears suddenly and adopts the family. The tiny family group bravely preserves traditional values in spite of fear and repression. This new novel is Argueta's most lyrical work to date.

Translated from the Spanish to English.

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