The Potbellied Virgin
In an unnamed town in the Ecuadorian Andes, a small wooden icon--La Virgen Pipona (the Potbellied Virgin)--conceals the documents that define the town's social history. That history recently has been dominated by the women of the Benavides family, a conservative clan and, not coincidentally, the caretakers of the Virgin. Their rivals are the Pandos, a family led by four old men who spend their days smoking in the park across from the Virgin's cathedral and offering revisionist versions of local and national events. When a military skirmish threatens the Virgin (and the secret in her famous belly), the Benavides women must scramble to preserve…
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Weitere Autoren: Gladhart, Amalia (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-292-71410-6
- EAN: 9780292714106
- Produktnummer: 2232984
- Verlag: University of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.9 cm 345 g
- Gewicht: 345
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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