{"product_id":"saving-the-fire-a-novel-verso-fiction-by-itamar-vieira-junior-johnny-lorenz","title":"Saving the Fire: A Novel (Verso Fiction) by Itamar Vieira Junior, Johnny Lorenz (Paperback) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction - World Literature - Brazil - Political - Cultural Heritage \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 9\/1\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by:  Johnny Lorenz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe highly anticipated new novel from the author of the Booker-shortlisted international sensation Crooked Plow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoisés lives with his father and sister in a Brazilian village dominated by the local monastery. His mother having died mysteriously, Moisés is raised by his sister Luzia, a young woman rumored to be a witch and despised by the villagers. Luzia seeks protection from the monastery, where she gets a job as a laundress and where Moisés receives an education. In time, something triggers her brother to rebel and run away from home. Luzia finds herself wholly alone, fighting for the family’s land and for her life. Unknown to her, Moisés, too, has put himself on the front line of an ancient conflict between colonial oppressors and the dispossessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpic and lyrical, with the power to enchant as well as outrage, Saving the Fire presents the ghosts of a family’s past lost amid the shadows of a nation’s history. Masterfully, Itamar Vieira Junior blends the intimate journeys of his characters with faithfully rendered elements of Brazilian life in a world where the scars of colonialism still ache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItamar Vieira Junior\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas born in Salvador, Brazil, in 1979. He holds a doctorate in Ethnic and Africana Studies. His debut novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrooked Plow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewon the 2018 LeYa Award (Portugal) and the 2020 Jabuti Award for Best Novel (Brazil). The book has sold over a million copies in Brazil, and the English translation was shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize. His second novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaving the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won the 2024 Jabuti Award for Best Novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRANSLATOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eJohnny Lorenz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, born in 1972, son of Brazilian immigrants to the US, is a translator, poet and Professor at Montclair State University. He translated Clarice Lispector's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA Breath of Life\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Besieged City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e. His translation of Itamar Vieira Junior's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCrooked Plow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ereceived support from the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528846282945,"sku":"9781804298916","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9781804298916.jpg?v=1787701040","url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/products\/saving-the-fire-a-novel-verso-fiction-by-itamar-vieira-junior-johnny-lorenz","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}