Tales from the Town of Widows

A Novel

by James Canon
 
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One Sunday morning, a band of guerrillas comes to Mariquita and takes all the men away, leaving behind only the priest and a fair-skinned boy disguised as a little girl. Without men, the small Colombian mountain village becomes a sinking wasteland filled with women resigned to food shortages, littered streets, and mourning. But Rosalba viuda de Patiño, wife of the former police sergeant, envisions a different future for the town of widows. Declaring herself magistrate, she promises to instill law and order, and restore the failing economy and infrastructureâ??and proceeds to create a utopia far greater than any revolutionary's imagined ideal society.

Deft, rich, and darkly humorous, Tales from the Town of Widows marks the arrival of an unforgettable new literary talent.

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  • Subtitle: A Novel
  • Media: Paperback Book, 352 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 01, 2008)
  • ISBN-10: 0061140392
  • ISBN-13: 9780061140396
  • Dimensions: 5.3 x 7.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.55 lbs
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