The tree of life : stories of civil war / by Mario Bencastro ; translated by Susan Giersbach Rascón.

By:

Bencastro, Mario

Contributor(s):

Rascón, Susan Giersbach

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: Houston : Arte Público, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (112 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781611923148
161192314X
9781611927818
1611927811

Uniform titles:

Arbol de la vida. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tree of life.DDC classification:

863 21

LOC classification:

PQ7539.2.B46 A813 1997

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Contents:

Clown's story -- The deaths of Fortin Coronado -- The insatiable ones -- Photographer of death -- The report -- The tree of life -- The faces of Xipotec -- Laura's affliction -- The river goddess -- The spirit of things -- The garden of Gucumatz -- Once upon a river.

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Summary: A grand mystical tree festooned in brilliant red flowers becomes he life force of a village. When the tentacles of civil unrest tear the hamlet apart the tree swallows the dead and fallen friends and enemies are born again to live in peace within the majestic and benevolent tree.Summary: As in the title story, the passion and politics of the civil war in E1 Salvador, the blight of political strife and social injustice color this richly textured short story collection. With poetic vision the author chronicles a chapter of hemispheric history that gripped El Salvador and polarized not only the United States but also every other country in Central and South America. The turmoil, intrigue and suffering have been captured and universalized in these beautifully wrought tales told from the perspective of the common man caught up in a confusing maelstrom.

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A grand mystical tree festooned in brilliant red flowers becomes he life force of a village. When the tentacles of civil unrest tear the hamlet apart the tree swallows the dead and fallen friends and enemies are born again to live in peace within the majestic and benevolent tree.

As in the title story, the passion and politics of the civil war in E1 Salvador, the blight of political strife and social injustice color this richly textured short story collection. With poetic vision the author chronicles a chapter of hemispheric history that gripped El Salvador and polarized not only the United States but also every other country in Central and South America. The turmoil, intrigue and suffering have been captured and universalized in these beautifully wrought tales told from the perspective of the common man caught up in a confusing maelstrom.

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