A Cross and a Star: Memoirs of a Jewish Girl in Chile
Marjorie Agosín
1995
Bread1
Very early in the morning we went to pick up fresh bread at Doña Blanquita’s. However, before arriving at her house that resembled the generosity of her hands and clay ovens, we had to cross a vast meadow where the sky confused itself with the sea and where the noise of emaciated dogs traveling in small packs and dark and shallow pools…
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