Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Name: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Rating: 4.138888888888889 (18 reviews)
Author: Jorge Amado
ISBN: 9780380754700

by Jorge Amado

4.1

(18 ratings)

450 pages1958Avon BooksISBN 9780380754700

BrazilA mix drivenWeak Character DevelopmentUnloveable CharactersDiverse CharactersClassics FictionWomenRomance

lightheartedinformativechallengingAdventurousfast

About this book

Vinda do agreste, Gabriela chega a Ilhéus em 1925, em busca de trabalho. É levada do “mercado dos escravos”, lugar onde acampam os retirantes, pelo árabe Nacib. O dono do bar Vesúvio não atenta de imediato para a beleza da moça, escondida sob os trapos e a poeira do caminho. Não tarda, porém, a descobrir que ela tem a cor da canela e o cheiro do cravo. Em breve, todos os homens da cidade vão se render aos encantos de Gabriela.

Publication Details

Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1958
Pages: 450
ISBN: 9780380754700
Language: en

About Jorge Amado

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Jorge Amado also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo by Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) between 1947 and 1951. **Source**: [Jorge Amado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Amado) on Wikipedia