Part dark gothic fantasy, part journey into the bizarre, this delicious blending of tall tales and Latin American surrealism will haunt you as you devour it! Highly imaginative and powerfully affecting.
Autumn Krause\'s vivid, haunting prose and rich symbolism make this a must-read for fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Erin Craig..
An enchanting mixture of American tall tales and Faustian elements, Before the Devil Knows You\'re Here centers a fierce Mexican American poet on a quest to save her brother.
The more they uncover about the Man of Sap, the more they learn how deeply Catalina\'s fate is entwined with his, planted long ago in cursed seeds.
As their journey takes them deeper into the woods, they encounter strange beasts and tormented spirits.
Along the way, she finds help from a young lumberjack, who has his own reasons for hunting the Man of Sap.
So, she grabs Pa\'s knife and follows the bird.
Catalina can\'t let this man--if that\'s what he is--have her brother.
He scoops up her brother and disappears, leaving behind a bird with crimson wings.
When a sudden illness claims Pa, a strange man appears--a man covered in bark, leaves growing from his head, and sap dripping from his eyes.
Harsh winters have brought the family to the brink of starvation, and Catalina has replaced her poet\'s soul with an unyielding determination to keep Pa and her brother alive.
Catalina lives with her pa and brother in a ramshackle cabin on the edge of the wilderness. -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review 1836, Wisconsin.
Part dark gothic fantasy, part journey into the bizarre, this delicious blending of tall tales and Latin American surrealism will haunt you as you devour it! Highly imaginative and powerfully affecting
