In The Garden of Delights, a Tunisian restaurant in Sao Paulo, Guedali Tartakovsky celebrates his 38th birthday--that splendid age of newfound maturity and comprehension. It is only now that Guedali is able to revel in memories of glorious times past. Bor
Escrito em 1936, quando o autor tinha apenas 24 anos, Mar morto conta as histórias da beira do cais da Bahia, como diz Jorge Amado na frase que abre o livro. E a frase é uma verdadeira carta de intenções. Nenhum outro livro sintetizou tão bem o mundo
O País do Carnaval.1930. Tempo de maré agitada, de ondas fortes, no Brasil. O estudante Jorge Amado já não é a criança carregada da fazenda onde nasceu para a cidade de Ilhéus; nem o jovenzito irrequieto que acabou fugindo do internato do Colégio
It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She
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 se
A classic Brazilian "Western" full of romance and adventure, violence and courage, and peopled with wonderfully earthy characters from the legendary author's childhood."Set in Bahia at the turn of the century, Showdown is brimming with the gunmen, fugitiv
