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El Milagro and Other Stories (Camino del Sol) by Patricia Preciado Martin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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, memories—all 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 coop, triggering the "feathered pandemonium" of chickens who smell death in the air. We meet Elena, standing before the mirror in her wedding dress, and Teodoro Sánchez, who sleeps under the sky and smells of "chaparral and mesquite pollen and the stream bottom and the bone dust of generations. There's the monsignor sitting on the edge of a sofa, sipping Nescafé from a china cup, and here is Sister Francisca "with her warm, minty breath" warning us away from impure thoughts. Be on your best behavior, too, in Tía Petra's Edwardian parlor—la Doña Petrita, descended from conquistadores, might just deliver a tap on your head with her silver-handled walking stick. Then, with Mamacita, spend a summer afternoon bent over your embroidery

Who reads El Milagro and Other Stories (Camino del Sol)?

Author

Patricia Preciado Martin

Publisher

University of Arizona Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816536733

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.57 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14