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Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado (tr. Gregory Rabassa)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Classics
A Brazilian "Lord of the Flies," about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia They call themselves "Captains of the Sands," a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old "Bull ...Show more
Gabriela by Jorge Amado
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
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 worke ...Show more
The Discovery of America by the Turks by Jorge Amado
$9.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
For the first time in English: legendary Brazilian author Jorge Amado's spirited novella about Arab immigrants to South America--published for the centennial of Amado's birthTwo Arab immigrants--"Turks" as Brazilians call them--arrive in the rough Brazilian frontier on the same ship in 1903, hoping to f ...Show more
The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray by Jorge Amado (tr. Gregory Rabassa)
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics
Along with "The Discovery of America by the Turks," two masterworks by the greatest Brazilian novelist of the twentieth century, published for the centennial of his birthWidely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, "The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray ...Show more
The Violent Land by Jorge Amado
$24.99 AUD
Category: Classics
The siren song of the lush, cocoa-growing forests of Bahia lures them all - the adventurers, the assassins, the gamblers, the brave and beautiful women. It is not a gentle song, but a song of greed, madness and blood, which promises riches untold, or death for the price of a swig of rum. It is a song mo ...Show more
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