{"product_id":"crooked-plow-a-novel-verso-fiction","title":"Crooked Plow: A Novel (Verso Fiction)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Itamar Vieira Junior\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Plow: A Novel (Verso Fiction)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2023-06-27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique blend of magic and social realism won it three literary awards and global acclaim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing.'\"Say something!\" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us was holding her tongue in her hand.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeralded as a new 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, slavery and its aftermath, and political struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Johnny Lorenz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839766404\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itamar Vieira Junior","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53353419178291,"sku":"9781839766404","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/9781839766404.jpg?v=1778833866","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/crooked-plow-a-novel-verso-fiction","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}