Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado is the acclaimed author of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, and Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars. Highly successful film and Broadway versions of Dona Flor have brought worldwide recognition to Brazil's foremost living novelist.
Jorge Amado is the acclaimed author of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, and Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars. Highly successful film and Broadway versions of Dona Flor have brought worldwide recognition to Brazil's foremost living novelist. See less
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Jorge Amado book reviews
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Gabriela : clove and cinnamon
A must
by acc254, Nov 9, 2011
Great storyline, with a bit of all, sex, violence, women struggle and of course politics and love, one of the best from Jorge Amado. Read More
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Captains of the Sands
A rarity!
by makuma, Oct 2, 2007
An amazing book on a first and probably unique english edition. Being Portuguese, I felt very happy to find this book and offer to my english girlfriend one of the obligatory masterpieces of ... Read More
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Captains of the Sands
Jorge Amado is one of the few well known brazilian writers (which is a pity, given all others) though it may have its reasons. It is a simple, truthfull writing, and especially this book brings a lot ... Read More
