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“...a postmodern tour de force.”
-- San Antonio Express-News
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A Place Called Milagro de la Paz
by Manlio Argueta
Translated by Michael B. Miller
“A Place Called Milagro de la Paz assures us that from the ashes of tragedy, the human spirit will rise like a legendary bird or, more appropriately, a butterfly.” -- Los Angeles Times
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Manlio Argueta’s most lyrical novel to date, A Place Called Milagro de la Paz continues the saga of life among the common people in El Salvador begun with One Day of Life. Examining the legacy of civil strife in the lives of a Salvadoran family, it tells the story of the courage and strength of a single mother and her daughters, who persevere in the face of loss. The tiny family group bravely preserves their hope and traditional values in spite of the fear and repression surrounding them. Filled with magical, lyric moments of love and compassion, strangely illuminated by the figure of a young girl with butterflies in her hair who suddenly appears and adopts the family, this astonishing tour-de-force exemplifies the best in magic realism.
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