Village of the Ghost Bells: A Novel (Texas Pan American Series) - Softcover

Van Steen, Edla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292730632 ISBN 13: 9780292730632

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1991

Synopsis

In the village of the ghost bells, the church chimes ring—even though the church has no bells. One of the neighbors wants to buy dreams—or is she a dream that someone else is dreaming? Where and why do dreams become nightmares?

These are only some of the fascinating questions raised in Village of the Ghost Bells, Edla Van Steen’s second novel. First published in 1983 as Coraçôes mordidos, the novel tells the story of the would-be utopian community built on an old plantation of the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. Its atmosphere is dreamlike, often verging on the supernatural, and strange events signal the transformation of the utopian dream into a nightmare. Ultimately destroyed by greed, corruption, and exploitation, the community becomes a microcosm of the Brazilian socioeconomic system, in which it takes all of a person’s warmth, idealism, passion, and humor to survive the bleak environment.

About this title

About the Author:

Edla Van Steen, a former actress, is well known in Brazil as an award-winning author and playwright, translator, and television commentator. She has published more than twenty books.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0292730632
• ISBN 13: 9780292730632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215