245 pages
English language
Published April 3, 1999 by Harcourt.
4 stars
(8 reviews)
Senhor Jose is a clerk at the Central Registry, where records are stored on the birth, marriage and death of all of the city's populace. Jose stumbles across a record for a woman he has never met and becomes consumed with finding out more about her. His quest for knowledge pushes him to perform in ways he never thought possible.
