 The novel was adapted into a movie titled "Napomuceno's Will" in 1997 and was directed by Francisco Manso and starring Ana Firmino.The book was first published on Ilhéu Editora.Its first translation was in French and translated by Édouard Bailby by Éditions Sepia in 1995, it was later published in an English translation in 2004 by New Directions Publishing as "The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo".