Little Star of Bela Lua

By Luana Monteiro

Book Overview

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."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883285267
• ISBN13: 9781883285265
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Delphinium Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Que Linda!

This book is very beautiful! What a talented writer! The characters are fascinating--full of imperfections and a lot of soul. I love the way that the writer effortlessly weaves Portugues into the English as though she was born fluent in both languages. I wondered if the book was written first in Portugues and then translated but I think it was not. The seamless stories will touch your spirit and make you feel as though you can walk in the shoes of these characters who live so far away from modern civilization, and you will be amazed at how well you can relate to these precious characters who live geographically at the end of the world. I loved the modern aspects mixed with the supernatural and the delicate way Monteiro can write a tragic episode. Her fiction is her own, totally unique, but you can compare her to Garcia Marquez, Singer, and American short story writers (Raymond Carver, Cheever). If you want to read a work of true heartfelt and well-crafted literature, read Monteiro's book. These stories are engraved in my mind--how marvelous!