An abandoned child with prophetic visions and a protective bee swarm transforms a Mexican family's destiny amid revolution and pandemic.
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An abandoned child with prophetic visions and a protective bee swarm transforms a Mexican family's destiny amid revolution and pandemic.
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From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated into English—about a mysterious child with the power to change a family’s history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by l...
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Violence & gore
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Revolution and 1918 influenza epidemic bring widespread death and threats
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Religious content
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Mentions of the devil and local superstitions about the child
Magic & witchcraft
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Child has prophetic visions; protective swarm of bees follows him
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Story set during Mexican Revolution and era of social upheaval
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Infant found abandoned under a bridge; family faces dangers
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