One review on 24 Jan 2026
First Published: 1923
Fiction
Crooked Plow
Author: Itamar Vieira Junior
Summary: Descendants of freed african slaves still living in poverty and modern slavery on plantations in rural Brazil through the 20th Century with a cultural memory back to Africa
Publisher:
Verso
Original Language:
Portugese
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Date first read:
Sat 24th Jan 2026
Format: Kindle
Catalogued: 24th Jan 2026
Synopsis
Twin sisters as young girls (under 10) find a fine knife belonging to their grandmother. Tragedy ensures which scars their lives for the next 30+ years
Reviews
Cutural history holds the key
by rogerco on Sat 24th Jan 2026.
At first I wasn't sure what I was reading as it was so alien to me - what century are these events taking place in. And even more the puzzle of which twin is which adds to the feeling of disconnection
