Gabriela
Clove and Cinnamon
Jorge Amado author James L Taylor translator William L Grossman translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:3rd Oct '05
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
For fans of Mario Vargas Llosa and Machado de Assis By the bestselling author of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands This was also made into a film called Gabriela starring Sonia Braga and Marcello Mastroianni
The arrival of an intoxicating mulatto girl from the backlands changes the lives of the inhabitants of a provincial Brazilian town.When Gabriela came to the Brazilian town of Ilheus, things would never be the same again In 1925, the town's cacao plantations are flourishing and progress reigns, but Nacib the Arab's most desperate worry is that his cook has walked out of his bar. He ventures over to the market to hire a migrant worker to help him and comes across a young mulatto girl named Gabriela who is wild and has hair filthy with dust. But something in her voice makes him take a chance, and it seems he's not the only man who's noticed her. Suddenly there is more to think about than everyday concerns: love affairs, murder, banquets, funerals, desire, hatred, vengeance and miracles.
'One of the greatest writers alive ... also one of the most entertaining' Mario Vargas Llosa, author of The Feast of the Goat and Death in the Andes 'As a story it has got it all: assassinations, political intrigue, treachery, vengeance, illicit liaisons and a relentless narrative energy' Glasgow Herald 'Amado is by turns a realist, fantastical, episodic, direct, angry, humorous and, above all, characterful' Scotsman 'An exciting and enjoyable romp of a book, rich in literary delights' New York Times
ISBN: 9780747573715
Dimensions: 129mm x 198mm x 23mm
Weight: 491g
460 pages