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Author Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001.

Title The war of the saints / Jorge Amado ; translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa.

Imprint New York : Bantam Books, 1993.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-AMADO    Check Shelf
Description 357 pages ; 24 cm
Form Also issued online.
Summary The statue of Saint Barbara of the Thunder, a holy icon, bound for a museum is transformed into a living woman and disappears in the city of Bahia, Brazil.
Subject Saints -- Brazil -- Salvador -- Fiction.
Festivals -- Brazil -- Salvador -- Fiction.
Salvador (Brazil) -- Fiction.
Festivals. (OCoLC)fst00923329
Saints. (OCoLC)fst01103658
Brazil -- Salvador. (OCoLC)fst01204979
Genre/Form Magic realist fiction.
Magical realism (Literature)
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Mock-heroic literature.
Mock-heroic literature.
Added Title Sumiço da santa. English
Other Form: Online version: Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001. Sumiço da santa. English. War of the saints. New York : Bantam Books, 1993 (OCoLC)621712717
ISBN 0553095374
9780553095371
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