| “...sparkling
book; beautifully written and wonderfully drawn, this Little
Star is a wonder.”
-- Beth Perry, People Magazine Book Reviews (read
full review)
“This book is dazzling.
Lyrical and original, fierce and wise, sensual, intelligent, observant,
and laugh out loud funny. Who could possibly ask for more? I loved
it.” -- Elizabeth Berg,
Author of The Year of Pleasures
and Open House
"In Luana Monteiro's finely
wrought stories and her novella, she manages the high wire act
of making the magical commonplace and the commonplace magical.
Her stories are richly inhabited by ghosts and miracle workers,
mothers, daughters, husbands and lovers, priests and ordinary
sinners. The language is both precise and lyrical. LITTLE STAR
OF BELA LUA is a lovely debut collection." -- Jane
Hamilton, Author of The Book of Ruth
and A Map of the World
"Little
Star of Bela Lua (Delphinium Books), by first-time Brazilian-American
author Luana Monteiro, consists of a novella and a trio of stories
that explore the meaning of the miraculous, the illogic of the
human heart, and the mysteries beneath the seemingly banal, which
Monteiro exposes in language both light as air and earthy as the
black bean soup one character serves up in 'Little Star'—the
scent of the dish 'as discernible and harmonious as instruments
in an orchestra.'" -- ELLE MAGAZINE, August, 2005
"lyrical debut... vibrant
pages." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY www.amazon.com
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