Little Star of Bela Lua - Hardcover

Monteiro, Luana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1883285267 ISBN 13: 9781883285265

Publisher: Delphinium, 2005

Synopsis

A luminous fish appears in an impoverished village like a sign from God and proceeds to perform questionable miracles on its foolish, desperate citizens. A guitar-strumming rhymester triumphs over her male opponents in the competitive folk art of the repente only to find herself ensnared in a romantic trap of her own making."

About this title

About the Author:

Luana Monteiro was born in Recife, Brazil, and immigrated to the United States with her family as a young girl. She received her M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

From Publishers Weekly:

A novella and three short stories make up Monteiro's lyrical debut, set in provincial Brazil and imbued with miracle and magic. The charismatic title character of "Antonio De Juvita," a mama's boy and sure-bet mayoral candidate, abandons his political career for the military after his opponent blames him for the fire that destroyed his pharmacy. In "Curado," a middle-aged doctor risks his wife's wrath to care for a defecating turkey (a gift from a patient), sworn to protect all living creatures ever since he amazingly survived a venomous snake bite as a youth. In "The Whirling Dove," oversexed Cloé indulges in compulsive infidelity until she finds God and develops "eyes or rather, heart, for one man" alone: Jesus. The title novella begins with a miraculous fish who cures the blind and the handicapped, and ends with Uriel, a 124-year-old man who drank the waters the fish inhabited and may be doomed to live forever. The colorful chaos of Brazilian streets, the mystical witnessings of believers and the energy of a passionate people enliven Monteiro's vibrant pages. (Aug.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Delphinium
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1883285267
• ISBN 13: 9781883285265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228