Clamor of Innocence: Stories from Central AmericaBarbara Paschke, David Volpendesta These stories taken together are an eye on Central America, focusing on the real lives and enduring passions of today's men and women. Here are tales from the quiet villages, from the urban vortex, from the field of battle. They have a ring of truth, the sound of having been lived in the heart of the beast, giving us a fresh vision of a crucial part of the Americas. |
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... wall , which , under careful inspection , looks as if it's become even blacker with mushrooms and feels as if it's grown thicker . He sleeps badly because he thinks he feels the walls closing in and the mushrooms growing . It's hot in ...
... walls so he'll be able to know if this rare phenomenon is real , that here the walls walk , as the password says . Really , what a strange coin- cidence ! Everything in this town is strange , even its name , Walls . Sleep closes his ...
... wall on the side splinters and the steps that climb against it fall to the ground with the wall and everything else and I'm running into the hall before I fall and they trample me ( where's Marjorie's cousin ) desperately I race inside ...
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Eduardo Bähr HONDURAS | 1 |
Carmen Naranjo COSTA RICA | 8 |
Hugo Lindo EL SALVADOR | 20 |
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Other Voices, Other Vistas:: China, India, Japan, and Latin America Various No preview available - 2002 |