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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Amado, Jorge
- Bookseller: Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 38807
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Fine
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0380754703
- ISBN 13: 9780380754700
- Publisher: Avon Books
- Place: Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1988
- Size: 5.25 x 8 x 1 inches
- Weight: 0.7 pounds
Description
Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1988. (1st Trade paperback) Trade paperback, glossy with colorful illustration of nude woman among flowers on front wrapper, praise on back wrapper from Atlantic Monthly, 425 pages plus postscript. Very Fine.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Fine.
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
Book summary
A young woman flees the backwoods of Brazil and finds herself in a bustling seaside port where Nacib, a café owner, hires her as a cook. Gabriela is not only a great chef but, once she is cleaned up, a beauty who inflames the passions of the town and changes it forever.
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