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The Discovery of America by the Turks (Penguin Classics)
The Discovery of America by the Turks - Penguin Classics Author:Jorge Amado 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 find a future. They rub shoulders with gunsling... more »ers and plantation owners, and also tangle with merchants, one of whom is desperate to marry off his impossible daughter. Thus ensues a farcical drama that produces, in a humorous twist, the unlikeliest of suitors in this whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew.« less
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