Saving the Fire
Salvar o Fogo
Itamar Vieira Junior (born 1979)
Translated by Johnny Lorenz
English editions
In EnglishSaving the Fire
Verso · United Kingdom · 1 September 2026 · Paperback · 304 pages
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In Tapera do Paraguaçu, a settlement of Afro-Indigenous farmers, fishermen and potters, the Church has owned the soil since the 1600s and its clergy are as prone to greed and desire as anyone. Moisés lives there with his father Mundinho and Luzia, who washes the monks' linen, lives piously and disciplines him hard; one by one their other siblings have left. Thanks to her ties to the priests, Moisés gets the schooling the others never had, but what he goes through in their care will leave lasting marks and test his bond with the sister who raised him.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 320 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Brazil
- Series
- Trilogia da terra, book 2 · book 1: Torto Arado· book 3: Coração sem Medo
- First published
- 2023 by Todavia
- Author's age
- 44 when first published
- ISBN
9786556924151 (original)
9781804298916 (Verso, United Kingdom)