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The head of the saint / Socorro Acioli ; translation by Daniel Hahnl.
Lippincott Library PZ7.1.A22 He 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acioli, Socorro, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Cabeça do santo. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231--Juvenile fiction.
- Anthony.
- Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231--Fiction.
- Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231.
- Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.
- Homeless persons.
- Faith--Juvenile fiction.
- Faith.
- Prayer--Juvenile fiction.
- Prayer.
- Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Homeless persons--Fiction.
- Faith--Fiction.
- Prayer--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Supernatural--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Magic realist fiction.
- Novels.
- Paranormal fiction.
- Young adult works.
- Physical Description:
- 181 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Delacorte Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "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."
- ISBN:
- 9780553537925
- 055353792X
- 9780553537949
- 0553537946
- OCLC:
- 902986115
- Publisher Number:
- 99975869519
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