A small village in north-eastern Brazil has been ruled for generations by the Carvalhais Medeiros, a clan of hysterical, unhinged women. Under the strict authority of a hundred-year-old matriarch who perpetuates a retrograde brand of Catholicism, a wealthy family clings to its privileges while living off the blood and toil of the poor and the downgraded, while the rare dissident priests are eliminated. One day a mute and very handsome stranger, Pablo the Paraguayan, takes refuge among the Carvalhais Medeiros. He is assumed to be a pilgrim sent into the world by Christ, but Pablo has the evil eye.
TITLE : Memeia's canticle
AUTHOR : Heloneida Studart
COUNTRY : Brazil
AUTHOR : Heloneida Studart
COUNTRY : Brazil
NUMBER OF PAGES : 178
SOLD TO: Marcos y Marcos (Italy) and for a pocket book edition to 10/18 (France)
SOLD TO: Marcos y Marcos (Italy) and for a pocket book edition to 10/18 (France)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Heloneida Studart was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1932. Imprisoned for several months in 1969 for her literary, journalistic, and union activities, Heloneida Studart was for a number of years on the black list of the military then in power. Following the assassinations of some very close friends, she wrote O pardal é un passaro azul, when Brazil was going through a new process of democratization. A feminist theoretician, essayist, playwright, and author of nine novels, Heloneida Studart has also been a deputy for the PT (Workers’ Party) of the state of Rio de Janeiro since 1978.
Heloneida Studart was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1932. Imprisoned for several months in 1969 for her literary, journalistic, and union activities, Heloneida Studart was for a number of years on the black list of the military then in power. Following the assassinations of some very close friends, she wrote O pardal é un passaro azul, when Brazil was going through a new process of democratization. A feminist theoretician, essayist, playwright, and author of nine novels, Heloneida Studart has also been a deputy for the PT (Workers’ Party) of the state of Rio de Janeiro since 1978.