The head of the saint

Acioli, Socorro (author.). Hahn, Daniel, (translator.).

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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ISBN: 9780553537925
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Physical Description: print
181 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2016]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"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."
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR 5.8 6.0 182102.

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