The head of the saint / Socorro Acioli ; translation by Daniel Hahn.

Author/creator Acioli, Socorro author.
Other author Hahn, Daniel translator.
Format Book
EditionFirst American edition.
PublicationNew York : Delacorte Press, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Description181 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleCabeça do santo. English
Abstract Having arrived in Candeia, Brazil, starving and footsore, after walking sixteen days to fulfill his dying mother's last wishes, young Samuel takes up residence in an enormous, broken statue of Saint Anthony and finds that he can hear the prayers of the townspeople, despite his lack of faith.
General note"Originally published in Portuguese as A cabeca di santo by Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, Brazil in 2014. Subsequently published in English in hardcover by Hot Key Books, London, United Kingdom in 2014. Work published with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil/ National Library Foundation."
Audience 880 Lexile
LCCN 2014048063
ISBN9780553537925 (hc)
ISBN055353792X (hc)
ISBN9780553537949 (glb)
ISBN0553537946 (glb)

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Joyner TRC Fiction F AC48H ✔ Available Place Hold