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Miracles and passions abound in this fascinating novel that has been hailed as a masterpiece. It is the story of a young Mexican woman whose powers to heal the afflicted give her the aura of a saint. She comes to fulfill her surprising destiny amidst the flames of a nascent revolution...as the town rises up, screaming her name.

Produktbeschreibung
Miracles and passions abound in this fascinating novel that has been hailed as a masterpiece. It is the story of a young Mexican woman whose powers to heal the afflicted give her the aura of a saint. She comes to fulfill her surprising destiny amidst the flames of a nascent revolution...as the town rises up, screaming her name.
Autorenporträt
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonficiton The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collection The Water Museum, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist. He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.