Crooked Plow
International Booker Prize · 2024 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Booker Prize | 2024 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Two Black sisters in a quilombo in the Brazilian backlands are bound together by a shared tragedy after discovering a mysterious knife. An immersive, spiritually resonant novel about land, memory, and resistance. Shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.
About the Author
Itamar Vieira Junior is a Brazilian geographer, civil servant, and author from Salvador, Bahia. His novel *Crooked Plow* (*Torto arado*), shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, tells the story of two Black sisters on a quilombo (a community of formerly enslaved people) in the Brazilian backlands. It won every major literary prize in Brazil.
