The Potbellied Virgin
(Part of the Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292714106
ISBN13:9780292714106
Release Date:June 2006
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:198 Pages
Weight:2.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"
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