Download or read book Jorge Amado Brazi written by Bobby J. Chamberlain and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length

Download or read book Jubiab written by Jorge Amado and published by New York : Avon Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Violent Land written by Jorge Amado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the great Brazilian author, an exotic tale of greed, madness, and a dispute between two powerful families over land on the cocoa-rich coast of Bahia A Penguin Classic 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. It is a song that promises riches untold, or death for the price of a swig of rum . . . a song most cannot resist—until it is too late—not Margot, the golden blond prostitute who comes for love; not Cabral, the unscrupulous lawyer who works for one of the Cacao “colonels”; and not Juca, whose ruthless quest to reap the jungle’s harvest plants the seeds of his own destruction. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Download or read book The War of the Saints written by Jorge Amado and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jorge Amado has been called one of the great writers of our time. The joyfulness of his storytelling and his celebration of life's sensual pleasures have found him a loyal following. With The War Of The Saints, he has created an exuberant tale set among the flashing rhythms, intoxicating smells, and bewitching colors of the carnival. The holy icon of Saint Barbara of the Thunder is bound for the city of Bahia for an exhibition of holy art. As the boat the bears the image is docking, a miracle occurs and Saint Barbara comes to life, disappearing into the milling crowd on the quay. Somewhere in the city a young woman has fallen in love, and her prudish guardian aunt has locked her away--an act of intolerance that Saint Barbara must redress. And when she casts her spell over the city, no one's life will remain unchanged.

Download or read book Tent of Miracles written by Jorge Amado and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the life of Pedro Archanjo, a mulatto man who spent his life fighting prejudice.

Download or read book Jorge Amado written by Earl Fitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jorge Amado is simultaneously one of Brazil's most prolific and widely read novelists and one of its most controversial. Seeking to offer for his English-speaking audience the same range of critical thinking that surrounds his work in Brazil, this volume provides an introduction and chronology to Amado's life, followed by a comprehensive survey of his major works by some of the world's leading Latin American Studies scholars. As the case of Jorge Amado is central to the emergence of Brazilian literature in the twentieth century, this volume of original essays will place him in clearer critical perspective for English language readers.

Download or read book Suor written by Jorge Amado and published by Gallimard Education. This book was released on 1991 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En plein cœur de la vieille Bahia, une ancienne bâtisse coloniale, apparemment comme les autres, au n°68 de la Montée-du-Pelourinho. Quatre étages. Un escalier obscur. Le bistrot de Fernandes sur le devant. Dans les cent seize chambres, plus de six cents personnes, sans compter les rats. Isaac, dona Risoleta, la douce Linda, le Noir Henrique, Arthur dont la machine a broyé les deux bras, qui mendie et fait peur aux enfants, l'agitateur Avaro Lima... c'est tout un monde prétendu sans hygiène et sans morale que Jorge Amado met en scène dans ce seul lieu qui évoque l'arène du théâtre antique et où s'élevait autrefois le piloris destiné aux esclaves. Un monde malade, révolté, misérable, qui sue de la sueur des opprimés, dégage une odeur de chambre de défunt, mais qui aime et reste la vitalité même, et saura peut-être un jour bouleverser sa condition, pourtant la plus désespérée.

Download or read book Sea of Death written by Jorge Amado and published by New York : Avon Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brazilian modernist novel written by Jorge Amado. Amado wrote the novel in response to his first arrest for "being a communist". The novel follows the lives of poor fishermen around Bahia, and their relationship with the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, especially the sea goddess Iemanjá.

Download or read book Suor written by Jorge Amado and published by French & European Publications. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shepherds of the Night written by Jorge Amado and published by Harvill Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jorge Amado Brazi written by Bobby J. Chamberlain and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length

Download or read book Pen Sword Camisole written by Jorge Amado and published by . This book was released on 1989-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tieta written by Jorge Amado and published by Americas. This book was released on 2003 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banished for promiscuity, Tieta returns to the seaside village of Agreste after twenty-six years. Thinking she is now a rich, respectable widow, her mercenary family welcomes her with open arms. But Tieta is forced to reveal her true identity in order to save the town's beautiful beaches from ugly development. For the only way she can stop the factory is to call upon her close connections in Sao Paulo's highest political and financial circles--as only the Madam of the city's ritziest bordello can.

Download or read book Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands written by Jorge Amado and published by New York : Knopf. This book was released on 1969 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dona Flor's husband may have been a gambler and womanizer, but when he dies all she remembers is his lovemaking. A new marriage does not bring the erotic love she longs for. So when her first husband appears naked at the foot of her bed, eager to reclaim his conjugal rights, it is hard to resist.

Download or read book Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon written by Jorge Amado and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ilhéus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonça 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 town–least of all Gabriela herself–will be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular café 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.

Download or read book Home is the Sailor written by Jorge Amado and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incompetent, fun-loving South American sea captain is recruited for a stranded ship and attempts to seduce a lady passenger and convince the crew of his navigational abilities.

Download or read book Show Down written by Jorge Amado and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1988 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amado's largest, most magnificent novel to date is set in earthy, tropical Brazil. It is an unforgettable tale of the frontier full of violence and courage, lust and adventure.