01927cam a2200421 i 4500 890698366 TxGeo 20230706120000.0 230201s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023003661 9781839766404 trade pbk. 1839766409 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1338132696 TxGeo rda eng por Vieira Junior, Itamar, 1979-, author. Torto arado English. Crooked plow / Itamar Vieira Junior ; translated by Johnny Lorenz. English-language edition. London : Verso, 2023. 276 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 20230718. In English, translated from the Portuguese. Sisters Fiction. Families Fiction. Farmers Fiction. Accidents Fiction. Magic realism (Literature) Fiction. Bahia (Brazil : State) Fiction. Domestic fiction. Portuguese language materials Translations into English. Lorenz, Johnny, translator. QS5