Gabriela, clove and cinnamon / Jorge Amado ; translated from the Portuguese by James L. Taylor and William L. Grossman.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Publication details: 2006Edition: First Vintage International editionDescription: viii, 425 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 0307276651; 9780307276650Uniform titles: Gabriela, cravo e canela. English Subject(s): Brazil -- FictionDDC classification: 869.3 LOC classification: PQ9697.A647 | G313 2006Online resources: URL | URL | URL Summary: Ilh�eus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendon�ca discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot...No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in townleast of all Gabriela herselfwill be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular caf�e and in desperation hires Gabriela. To his surprise she turns out to be a great beauty as well as a wonderful cook and an enchanting boon to his business. But what would people say if Nacib were to marry her?Lusty, satirical and full of intrigue, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a vastly entertaining panorama of small town Brazilian life.
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Ilh�eus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendon�ca discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot...No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in townleast of all Gabriela herselfwill be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular caf�e and in desperation hires Gabriela. To his surprise she turns out to be a great beauty as well as a wonderful cook and an enchanting boon to his business. But what would people say if Nacib were to marry her?Lusty, satirical and full of intrigue, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a vastly entertaining panorama of small town Brazilian life.
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