O braço direito
Subtitle: romance
By: Otto Laura Resenda.
Edition: 2 ed.
Publisher: Editôra Sabiá
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro
Language: por
Number of pages: 233
Description: "An inspector of orphans" is at the same time an introduction into Brazilian small town life and a very authentic report of one man's struggle to serve God. I never read another novel which gives the same reality to the "I" of the narrator. The story is simple: A young man wants to serve God and waits for his Calling. By chance he meets a parish priest who needs an administrator to run his orphanage - the Calling! The young man serves God with fervor, while around inside and outside the orphanage the world is crumbling: The priest, the generous patron of the orphanage, the boys, the young man himself, all are proving to be less than ideal, only the Devil seems to live up to his name. Written in the manner of a diary, it is an outstanding novel of a late growing up and awakening.
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