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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon
Author: Jorge Amado, James L. Taylor (Translator), William L. Grossman (Translator)
Ilheus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonca 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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307276650
ISBN-10: 0307276651
Publication Date: 9/12/2006
Pages: 448
Edition: Reprint
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4.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Delightful. Wonderful protrayal of a village and its people, their needs, desires, understandings and manipulations of each other. Recommended.
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Excellent story--by the author of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
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Set in Brazil, this novel focuses on a peasant girl who becomes the chef in a cafe, transforming it into a prosperous business while she becomes the most sought after woman in the area-and her boss the one who is the most obsessed with her.


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