{"product_id":"crooked-plow-9781839766404","title":"Crooked Plow","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prize winning international bestseller - 800,000 copies sold in Brazil\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlisted for The International Booker Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing.'\"Say something!\" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us was holding her tongue in her hand.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeep in Brazil's neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother's bed and, momentarily mystified by its power, decide to taste its metal. The shuddering violence that follows marks their lives and binds them together forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeralded as a new masterpiece, this fascinating and gripping story about the lives of subsistence farmers in Brazil's poorest region, three generations after the abolition of slavery, is at once fantastic and realist, covering themes of family, spirituality, slavery and its aftermath, and political struggle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by Johnny Lorenz.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eItamar Vieira Junior\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Salvador, Bahia, in 1979. He holds a doctorate in Ethnic and African Studies. Before \u003ci\u003eCrooked Plow\u003c\/i\u003e, he published a collection of short stories entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Prayer, \u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for Brazil's biggest literary award, the Jabuti. \u003ci\u003eCrooked Plow\u003c\/i\u003e won the prestigious 2018 LeYa Award in Portugal.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50585273008402,"sku":"9781839766404","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c0c4bf89-3638-440b-bf33-b6695e9b4dc2.jpg?v=1732037353","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crooked-plow-9781839766404","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}