El Milagro and Other Stories

by Patricia Preciado Martin

Book Overview

Ticking clocks and tolling bells, scents of roses and warm tortillas: this is the barrio of years past as captured in the words of Patricia Preciado Martin. Cuentos, recuerdos, stories, memories--all are stirred into a simmering caldo by a writer whose love for her heritage shines through every page. Reminiscent of Like Water for Chocolate, the book is a rich mix of the simplest ingredients--food, family, tradition. We see Silviana striding to her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816515484
• ISBN13: 9780816515486
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"