Book description
In Zimler's dazzling tale, John Zarco Stewart is an impish child of bold inquisitiveness, the unwitting inheritor of a faith shrouded in 300 years of secrecy. Dark and bitter events put an end to his innocence and almost destroy him, but he is healed by the arrival in his householdâŚ
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1 author picked Hunting Midnight as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Portugal: The Impossible Revolution? a 1990s dissertation on rainfall patterns, and Richard Zimler's 1998 best-seller, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon were the only books on Portugal I could find with useful content - more than enough to book a flight. Zimler´s second novel about the Zarco family connected with me because it connects Portugal with South Carolina, where I lived for decades. It was the first book to explain Portugal as weirdâconfusing, full of contradictionsâbecause Portugal is not one country, but a mosaic of world cultures. For example, the main character´s father also went back and forth to Africa inâŚ
From Wendy's list on The best books about why Portugal is weird.
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