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The head of the saint
- Title
- The head of the saint / Socorro Acioli ; translated by Daniel Hahnl.
- Author
- Acioli, Socorro
- Publication
- New York : Delacorte Press, 2016.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hahn, Daniel
- Description
- 181 pages; 22 cm
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- A cabeça do santo. English
- Alternative Title
- A cabeça do santo.
- Subject
- Note
- "Originally published in Portuguese by Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, Brazil in 2014. Originally 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."
- Call Number
- JFD 17-2756
- ISBN
- 9780553537925 (hardcover)
- 055353792X (hardcover)
- 9780553537949 (glb)
- 0553537946 (glb)
- LCCN
- 2014048063
- OCLC
- 902986115
- Author
- Acioli, Socorro, author.
- Title
- The head of the saint / Socorro Acioli ; translated by Daniel Hahnl.
- Publisher
- New York : Delacorte Press, 2016.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Hahn, Daniel, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-2756