El Milagro and Other Stories

by Patricia Preciado Martin

Ticking clocks and tolling bells, scents of roses and warm tortillas: this is the barrio of years past as captured in the words of Patricia Preciado Martin. Cuentos, recuerdos, stories, memoriesall are stirred into a simmering caldo by a writer whose love for her heritage shines through every page.Reminiscent of Like Water for Chocolate, the book is a rich mix of the simplest ingredients--food, family, tradition. We see Silviana striding to her chicken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816515476
• ISBN13: 9780816515479
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"