Chambacu, Black Slum
Kneeling before her son, she spoke softly, as if he had merely received a scratch from a cockspur:
“My son, how many times I warned you!”
Crossing the kitchen, Dominguito whispered to his aunt:
“Camilo and the rest of the kids are waiting for us at Miss Domitila‘s school. I’ve got the avocado seeds.”
With four sutures, the tobacco roller sewed Máximo‘s eyes closed. Many people in Chambacú now had theirs open.
Books by Manuel Zapata Olivella in Black Latin American Writers In Translation
Chambacu, Black Slum
Manuel Zapata Olivella
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