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Little Star of Bela Lua: Stories from Brazil (P.S.)

by Luana Monteiro

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Publisher Comments:

A miraculous fish appears to an old woman in a small town in Northeast Brazil — and so begins a series of comical, poignant, beautiful, and bizarre tales imagined by a remarkable storyteller whose singular voice resonates with lyrical grace.

Featuring an unforgettable cast of players such as a penitent priest who falls in love with a river spirit, an alcoholic alchemist plumbing the depths of his arcane knowledge for the mysteries of death and immortality, and a young beauty torn between Jesus and the lustful earth goddess who has possessed her since childhood, Little Star of Bela Lua is a rich and luminous collection of wonders that marks the arrival of a talented new voice in American fiction.

Synopsis:

A luminous fish appears in an impoverished village like a sign from God and proceeds to perform questionable miracles on its foolish, desperate citizens. A guitar-strumming rhymester triumphs over her male opponents in the competitive folk art of the repente only to find herself ensnared in a romantic trap of her own making. A handsome, sexually conflicted priest must confron the uneasy space between spiritual rapture and the aching pleasures of the flesh. A young Brazilian girl enamored of American television shows discovers that the United States is much more complex and frustrating than a cartoon. Welcome to the rich, textured worl of the Sertao, teeming with scheming camilies, conniving politicians, magical creatures, loyal and disloyal friends. Luana Monteiro plumbs the mysteries of enduring love, sudden shifts of fate, unknowable forces churning just beyond our ability to grasp. Little Star of Bela Lua announces the debut of a whimsical yet wise writer whose lyric gifts and
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About the Author

Luana Monteiro was born in Recife, Brazil, and now lives in Madison, Wisconsin. This is her first book.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060899530
Author:
Monteiro, Luana
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Luana Monteiro
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Santa Leonor Fazenda (Brazil)
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Short stories
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2006
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series:
P.S.
Publication Date:
20060731
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
10 x 8 x 0.125 in 4.64 oz
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"Synopsis" by , A luminous fish appears in an impoverished village like a sign from God and proceeds to perform questionable miracles on its foolish, desperate citizens. A guitar-strumming rhymester triumphs over her male opponents in the competitive folk art of the repente only to find herself ensnared in a romantic trap of her own making. A handsome, sexually conflicted priest must confron the uneasy space between spiritual rapture and the aching pleasures of the flesh. A young Brazilian girl enamored of American television shows discovers that the United States is much more complex and frustrating than a cartoon. Welcome to the rich, textured worl of the Sertao, teeming with scheming camilies, conniving politicians, magical creatures, loyal and disloyal friends. Luana Monteiro plumbs the mysteries of enduring love, sudden shifts of fate, unknowable forces churning just beyond our ability to grasp. Little Star of Bela Lua announces the debut of a whimsical yet wise writer whose lyric gifts and
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