"This work can be described tersely but not unfairly as a contribution to the debate on Brazilian self-definition, rendered ineffective by being cast in the form of pastoral. Amado's theme is the life of the Bahian poor: not the whole of their lives, for
A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization-the upper reaches of a great South American river. The Lost Steps describes his searc
Considered by many critics to be the greatest novel about the Spanish Civil War, this classic work by Spaniard Jose Maria Gironella is an unbiased account of the complicated events, movements and personalities that led up to the war. Beginning in 1931, Cy
Escrito em 1936, quando o autor tinha apenas 24 anos, Mar morto conta as histórias da beira do cais da Bahia, como diz Jorge Amado na frase que abre o livro. E a frase é uma verdadeira carta de intenções. Nenhum outro livro sintetizou tão bem o mundo
O País do Carnaval.1930. Tempo de maré agitada, de ondas fortes, no Brasil. O estudante Jorge Amado já não é a criança carregada da fazenda onde nasceu para a cidade de Ilhéus; nem o jovenzito irrequieto que acabou fugindo do internato do Colégio
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