The Weight of All Things
Now available in paperback -- "Bentez's third novel seamlessly blends fact with imagination, evoking the trauma of war more vividly than any newspaper account . . . beautifully illuminating." (Publishers Weekly starred review)Sandra Bentez received international acclaim for her first two novels:...
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Now available in paperback -- "Bentez's third novel seamlessly blends fact with imagination, evoking the trauma of war more vividly than any newspaper account . . . beautifully illuminating." (Publishers Weekly starred review)Sandra Bentez received international acclaim for her first two novels: A Place Where the Sea Remembers ("A quietly stunning work that leaves soft tracks in the heart" --Washington Post Book World) and Bitter Grounds ("The kind of book that fills your dreams for weeks" --Isabel Allende). Now she returns with an unforgettable tale of life in war-torn El Salvador.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786887033 (0786887036)
Publish date: February 20th 2002
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I read this book in one sitting while supposedly watching the last game of the World Series. It is an intense book, the movingly told drama of a child orphaned by the shootings in the square at Archbishop Romero's funeral in San Salvador. As he tries to learn what happened to his mother, he returns ...
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