Bernardo and the Virgin (Latino Voices)

464 Pages·2005·0.765 MB·English

by  Silvio Sirias

BERNARDO
and the
VIRGIN

BERNARDO
and the
VIRGIN
SILVIO SIRIAS
northwestern university press
evanston, illinois
Northwestern University Press
Evanston, Illinois 60208-4170
Copyright © 2005by Silvio Sirias.
Published2005by Northwestern University Press.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America
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isbn 0-8101-2240-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sirias, Silvio.
Bernardo and the Virgin / Silvio Sirias.
p. cm. — (Latino voices)
“Bernardo Martínez August 20, 1931, to October 30, 2000.”
isbn 0-8101-2240-5(alk. paper)
1. Martínez, Bernardo, 1931—Fiction.
2. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint—Apparitions and miracles—Fiction.
3. Nicaragua—Fiction. I. Title. II. Series.
ps3619.i75b47 2005
813´.54-dc22
2004023372
O(cid:39) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, ansiz39.48-1992.
This work of fiction is based on actual events—
in the eyes of many. See “Posdata,” page 441.

For the gang at Lario’s

in memoriam
Bernardo Martínez
August20, 1931,to October 30, 2000,
and
Joaquín Sirias, my father, who led me to this story
May23, 1928,to January 30, 2004