HyssopTriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 1998 - 175 The friendship of a bishop and a self-proclaimed thief spans over 70 years in this stunning novel full of magic. "Hyssop" is an inquiry into the nature of religion, faith and belief, and into the power of moral dilemmas embedded in loving friendships and in spiritually rich but materially impoverished lives. |
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... Never carved before then . Never carved again . ” He touched Our Lady's whole neck , cir- cling it with his fingers . He tapped the front of her newly cleaned throat . He rapped it with a knuckle and 68.
... Never carved before then . Never carved again . ” He touched Our Lady's whole neck , cir- cling it with his fingers . He tapped the front of her newly cleaned throat . He rapped it with a knuckle and 68.
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... never once felt the need of marriage , " and I have said , “ Right ! " and we are both old enough to laugh at all that myth and history . She helped raise sixteen children whose mothers all needed a Tía Mama . Her four older sisters ...
... never once felt the need of marriage , " and I have said , “ Right ! " and we are both old enough to laugh at all that myth and history . She helped raise sixteen children whose mothers all needed a Tía Mama . Her four older sisters ...
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... never washed and overwashed and wavy and hat - mashed and braided and hel- met - crushed . Hairnetted and perfumed and invalid hair . The hair smells like biscuits and like mayonnaise and refried beans and brown sugar and cake mix and ...
... never washed and overwashed and wavy and hat - mashed and braided and hel- met - crushed . Hairnetted and perfumed and invalid hair . The hair smells like biscuits and like mayonnaise and refried beans and brown sugar and cake mix and ...
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Albertson's Alcedama Almas Altadena amazed Amen angel Arlene arms asked Recita beautiful Bishop blessing bread bubble lights Carmelita Catholic Cecilia cemetery César chest Chile Festival Christ Is King Christmas tree Cleophas close confession confessional dance dark dear Doña door ears egg slicer Eusebio eyes face Father Velasco Faye feet fingers forgive Francisco Frank freckles Gamboa's hair hands head hear heard heaven held hellraiser Holy Holy Viaticum hummed HYSSOP inside King church kissed knew laughed lemonade Lieutenant Galván lips looked marching music Matarile rile rile Memoria Mexico miracle Miss Iffrig mother mouth moved neck never night nose photographer pocket prayed prayer priest purse Recita Holguín Red Greet rondas Saint Sheriff Morales shirt shoes shoulders smelled soldadera soul steal stole tell Teresa of Ávila Thee told touched Úbeda walked wanted whispered words