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GABRIELA - Clove and Cinnamon
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon) is a
Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1958. It is
widely considered one of his finest works.
The action of the novel begins in 1925 in the provincial port of Ilheus in Brazil's north-central state of Bahia.
Ilheus
served as an important point for the distribution and export of cacao,
the region's primary product and a topic of much discussion in
Gabriela.
The book tells two separate but related tales: first, the romance
between Nacib Saad, a respectable bar owner of Syrian origin, and
Gabriela, an innocent and captivating migrant worker from the
impoverished interior, and second, the political struggle between the
old guard of landed Cacao growers, led by the Bastos clan, and the
forces of modernization, in the person of Mundinho Falcao, a wealthy
young man from Sao Paulo.
It can be read simultaneously as
an unusual, charming love story, a description of the political and
social forces at work in 1920s Brazil, a somewhat satirical depiction
of Latin American aspirations to modernity, and a celebration of the
local culture and pleasures of Bahia. Jean-Paul Sartre, a friend of
Amado's, called it the best example of folk novel.
The book was made into a film for Brazilian television in 1960 and again in 1976.
CONDITION: Hard Cover with Dust
Jacket, light to moderate overall wear to DJ. We have added a fresh
mylar cover to this classic novel. It is a first American edition but
not first printing. Price clipped DJ. Pages are clean. Book in vg
condition. 1962 Borzoi Books, Alfred Knopf Publications
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