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The Weight of All Things

A Novel

Contributors

By Sandra Benitez

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Feb 20, 2002
Page Count
239 pages
ISBN-13
9780786887033

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

Format

Trade Paperback

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Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD

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An unforgettable tale of life in war-torn El Salvador, from the author of Bitter Grounds.

★ “Seamlessly blends fact with imagination, evoking the trauma of war more vividly than any newspaper account … beautifully illuminating.” —Kirkus Reviews


The last time Nicols saw his mother, she was mortally wounded by gunfire that erupted in a crowded plaza. Watching while her body is dragged away with other victims, Nicols believes that his mother is still alive and vows to find her again. 

Thus begins the young boys harrowing journey through his war-ravaged country.


Sandra Benitez

About the Author

Sandra Benítez is the author of A Place Where the Sea Remembers, which won the Barnes &amp Noble Discover Award and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award. She is also the author of Bitter Grounds, which won the Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award, and The Weight of All Things, which was a Book Sense 76 selection. Benítez is a past Keller-Edelstein Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Minnesota, and recently won a Bush Foundation Fellowship in Fiction. She lives in Minnesota.

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