Poncia Vicencio

"Poncia Vicencio, the debut novel by Afro-Brazilian author Conceicao 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 Poncia is heir to a mysterious psychic gift from her grandfather." "Does this gift have the power to bring Poncia 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 Evaristo, illuminates aspects of urban and rural Afro-Brazilian conditions."--BOOK JACKET.