The head of the saint /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Delacorte Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "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." |
| Physical Description: | 181 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780553537925 (hc) 055353792X (hc) 9780553537949 (glb) 0553537946 (glb) |