Crooked Plow

An epic and lyrical, realistic and magical text that reveals, beyond its plot, a powerful element of social insubordination.

Leya award winner 2018.

Deep in the backlands of Bahia, sisters Bibiana and Belonísia find an old and mysterious knife in the suitcase kept under their grandmother's bed. Then an accident occurs. And forever their lives will be linked - to the point that one needs to be the other's voice. In a masterfully conducted plot and melodious prose, the novel tells a story of life and death, of combat and redemption.