In the StorySan Isidro
In San Isidro, the Day of the Dead also awakens memories of those who might have survived. In 1910, Remedios Salvatierra prepares the altar, receives the portraits, and keeps the great family ledger. Every object must find its place. But this year’s accounts do not all describe the same absences. Some of the dead seem to have lived, elsewhere, a life their loved ones recognize.
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On the way back, she passed the Duartes’ workshop. Andrés had set a row of pitchers outside to dry in the sun, all the same shape except for a shorter one Clara must have requested for a plant. Camila sat on a stool, scraping the uneven rim of a bowl with a blade.Read the excerpt ↗