And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central AmericaRosario Santos These twenty-plus short stories by leading Central American writers, by turns unsettling, absurd, tragic, exhilarating, and mystical, introduce us to the people behind the front-page horrors . . . A Torruban Indian loses a month's pay with a bad roll of the dice . . . The beautiful young Anita hunts beetles and cockroaches . . . To up its popularity rating, a government stages the first "Miss Underdeveloped Contest" . . . After the 1954 massacres in Guatemala, children hold a funeral for a bird . . . Reflecting a wide range of styles, these stories point in new directions while evincing the particular strength and courage it takes to write in a war-torn country. |
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Page 238
... Graciliano . Graciliano , my old friend from back when . Nope , I couldn't go through with it . How was this here Chris- tian gonna blow the man away without foulin up his conscience for life ? No , señores ! " I picked a good position ...
... Graciliano . Graciliano , my old friend from back when . Nope , I couldn't go through with it . How was this here Chris- tian gonna blow the man away without foulin up his conscience for life ? No , señores ! " I picked a good position ...
Page 240
... Graciliano looked at his watch . Another few min- utes had gone by . " I got a wad I wanna get rid of that's beginnin to stink up my pocket , ' I kept on tellin him . ' Let's go , pal . Maybe I'll be keepin you outa trouble . ' " What a ...
... Graciliano looked at his watch . Another few min- utes had gone by . " I got a wad I wanna get rid of that's beginnin to stink up my pocket , ' I kept on tellin him . ' Let's go , pal . Maybe I'll be keepin you outa trouble . ' " What a ...
Page 243
... Graciliano would've had out of it if he'd known what a good deed I done him ! But there's some people want it all laid out for them . " Where you off to ? ' I said when I caught up with him . ' I'll walk you home . ' " He turned around ...
... Graciliano would've had out of it if he'd known what a good deed I done him ! But there's some people want it all laid out for them . " Where you off to ? ' I said when I caught up with him . ' I'll walk you home . ' " He turned around ...
Contents
The Proof | 13 |
Confinement | 33 |
Microbus to San Salvador | 175 |
Copyright | |
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