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Gr 8-Up Young Paolo Poloverdo -s complex life is recounted in this translation of the winner of the French Prix Sorcieres. Set in a remote location in Chile, the story begins when a boy -s parents have their throats cut by a vagrant. In a rare moment of compassion, the murderer, Angel Allegros, decides not to kill the child. Paolo -s response to these events is curiously distant, as is the entire narrative. The boy is vaguely upset by, yet matter-o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The formidably inhospitable southern tip of Chile, where the land is "so tough, desolate, and abused by the wind that even the stones seemed in pain," provides the setting for this gripping novel-length parable from France about a boy and the murderer who becomes a devoted father to him. Young Paolo Poloverdo is dirty and neglected, living little better than the animals on his parents' isolated farm; one day, an on-the-run criminal named Angel Allegria ar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More