{"product_id":"village-of-the-ghost-bells-9780292730632","title":"Village of the Ghost Bells","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the village of the ghost bells, the church chimes ring—even though the church has no bells. One of the neighbors wants to buy dreams—or is she a dream that someone else is dreaming? Where and why do dreams become nightmares?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are only some of the fascinating questions raised in \u003ci\u003eVillage of the Ghost Bells\u003c\/i\u003e, Edla Van Steen’s second novel. First published in 1983 as \u003ci\u003eCoraçôes mordidos\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel tells the story of the would-be utopian community built on an old plantation of the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. Its atmosphere is dreamlike, often verging on the supernatural, and strange events signal the transformation of the utopian dream into a nightmare. Ultimately destroyed by greed, corruption, and exploitation, the community becomes a microcosm of the Brazilian socioeconomic system, in which it takes all of a person’s warmth, idealism, passion, and humor to survive the bleak environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslator’s Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpigraph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 33\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359007146327,"sku":"9780292730632","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292730632.jpg?v=1754123198","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/village-of-the-ghost-bells-9780292730632","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}