Little Star Of Bela Lua: A Novella And Stories

In the magical-realist tradition, but with a very contemporary and feminist voice all her own, a rising Brazilian-American writer debuts with a powerful collection of interconnected stories that explores the cultural divide between the Old and New Worlds.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. A handsome, sexually conflicted priest must confront the uneasy space between spiritual rapture and the greed of man.Welcome to the rich, textured world of northern Brazil, teeming with scheming families, conniving politicians, magical creatures, loyal and disloyal friends. Little Star of Bela Lua announces the debut of a whimsical yet wise writer.