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1985, The Mexican earthquake, magnitude 8.1, burying thousands. Teenager Daniel is repeatedly reciting a poem, his voice finally breaking through the rubble after 192 hours underground. His survival by imagining a world made up from all the books he read, I found heartbreakingly beautiful.
The church labels him a miracle. Unable to speak for himself they invent his story with the intention to never to let him out in the world again, to make him a person to worship from afar. They get what they wish for when Daniel escapes the hospital and finds his own path in life incognito. And what an adventure it turns out to be!
There's his rage against a god that destroys good people, there are more earthquakes and geology and we follow a collection of books from Mexico to LA to Nebraska and back.
Paricutin is a pageturner, action packed, full of twists and turns, with villains and heroes, wealth and poverty, tears and laughter. An astonishing story, very well crafted and highly recommended!