| Description |
276 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
"Deep in Brazil's neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother's bed and, momentarily mystified by its power, decide to taste its metal. The shuddering violence that follows marks their lives and binds them together forever. Heralded as a masterpiece, this fascinating and gripping story about the lives of subsistence farmers in Brazil's poorest region, three generations after the abolition of slavery, is at once fantastic and realist, covering themes of family, spirituality, and political struggle"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Fiction.
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Magic realism (Literature)
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Sisters -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Farmers -- Fiction.
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Accidents -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Magic realist fiction.
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Novels.
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Domestic fiction.
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| Added Author |
Lorenz, Johnny, translator.
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Vieira Junior, Itamar, 1979-
Torto arado. English.
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| Added Title |
Torto arado. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Vieira Junior, Itamar, 1979- Crooked plow London ; New York : Verso, 2023 9781839766428 (DLC) 2023003662 |
| ISBN |
9781839766404 (paperback) |
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1839766409 (paperback) |
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9781839766411 (UK ebook) |
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9781839766428 (US ebook) |
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