Ponci簿聶翻 Vicencio, the debut novel by Afro-Brazilian author Concei簿聶翻ao Evaristo, is the story of a young Afro-Brazilian woman's journey from the land of her enslaved ancestors to the emptiness
of urban life. However, the generations of creativity, violence and family cannot be so easily left behind as Ponci簿聶翻 is heir to a mysterious psychic gift from her grandfather.Does this gift
have the power to bring Ponci簿聶翻 back from the emotional vacuum and absolute solitude that has overtaken her in the city? Do the elemental forces of earth, air, fire and water mean anything in
the barren urban landscape? This mystical story of family, dreams and hope by the incomparable Evaristo, illuminates aspects of urban and rural Afro-Brazilian conditions with poetic eloquence
and raw urgency.
