| Record Number |
910576 |
| ISBN |
9781839766404 (paperback) |
| Author |
Vieira Junior, Itamar, 1979- author. |
| Title |
Crooked plow / Itamar Vieira Junior ; translated by Johnny Lorenz. |
| Edition |
English-language edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
London/New York : Verso, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Pagination etc. |
ix, 276 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary Note |
"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"-- |
| Language note |
Translated from the Portuguese. |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Brazil -- Fiction |
| Sisters -- Brazil -- Fiction |
| Black people -- Brazil -- Fiction |
| Brazil -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
| Brazil -- Politics and government -- Fiction |
| Added Author |
Lorenz, Johnny translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F VIEI |
