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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
by Jorge Amado
ISBN: 0380754703
ISBN-13: 9780380754700
Format: Paperback
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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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"One hardly knows what to admire most: the dexterity with which Amado can keep half a dozen plots spinning' the gossamer texture of the writing; or his humor, tenderness, and humanity....[W]ise, witty, and profoundly Brazilian." -- Harriet De Onis
-- Saturday Review
"An exciting and enjoyable romp of a book, rich in literary delights..." -- Juan De Onis
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1991
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The arrival of a beautiful mulatto girl from the backlands changes the lives of many inhabitants of a provincial Brazilian city.
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Jorge Amado
Avon Books. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Amado, Jorge; Taylor, James L., and Grossman, William L. (Translated by)
New York: Avon Books, 1988 425 pp.; 21 cm. First published, 1958, under title: Gabriela, cravo e canela. Translated from the Portuguese. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Browning. "Ilheus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonça 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 of all Gabriela herself - will be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular cafe; and in desperation hires Gabriela. To his surprise she turns out to be a great beauty as well as a wonderful cook and an enchanting boon to his business. But what would people say if Nacib were to marry her? Lusty, satirical and full of intrigue, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a vastly entertaining panorama of small town Brazilian life. / Jorge Amado - novelist, journalist, lawyer - was born in 1912, the son of a cacao planter, in Ilheus, south of Salvador, the provincial capital of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon. His first novel, Cacao, was published when he was nineteen. It was an impassioned plea for social justice for the workers on Bahian cacao plantations; and his novels of the thirties and forties would continue to dramatize class struggle. Not until the 1950s did he write his great literary comic novels - Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, and Dona Flor and her Two Husbands - which take aim at the full spectrum of society even as they pay ebullient tribute to the region of his birth. One of the most reknowned writers of the Latin American boom of the sixties, Amado has been translated into more than 35 languages. A highly successful film version of Dona Flor was produced in Brazil in 1976. He died in 2001." - Publisher.. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Amado, Jorge
Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1991. Slight crease to spine.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. ( more information) Offered by BookTown USA (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Amado, Jorge; Taylor, James L. (translator); Grossman, William R. (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avon Books. 1988. Later Printing. S Trade Paperback. Good. Some edgewear and creasing to wraps. Pages browning slightly. ( more information) Offered by Arundel Books of Seattle (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Amado, Joge
New York, New York: Avon Books, 1988. Later Printing. paperback. Good+/No Jacket. Small tear on head of spine. Creasing to corners. Light edge wear and rubbing. Crease across first few pages. Former store's stamp on fly page. ISBN: 0380754703. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove And Cinnamon
Amado, Jorge
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1962. 425 pgs.; cover sl. scuffed w. wear to edges & corners; 2 copies available;. ISBN: 0380754703. Trade paper. Good. 8vo - over 4¾" - 9¾" tall. NOVEL BRAZIL. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Amado, Jorge
NY: Avon, 1988. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, bright, a little age soil to exterior, slight flare. Marker streak on bottom edge. "the glory of Gabriela - from rags to renown!...from the backlands of Brazil, she was just one of a flock of dirty migrant workers...once scrubbed and decently dressed - a dazzling beauty..." Translation by James L. Taylor and William Grossman ISBN: 0380754703. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Jorge Amado
Avon Books, 1991-02. Paperback. Acceptable. ( more information) Offered by The Book Stop (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Amado, Jorge
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. ( more information) Offered by Callaghan Books South (United States)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (ORIGINAL COVER)
Amado, Jorge
Avon Books, 1991 VG 1991 2ND IMPRESSION 1ST AVON BOOKS PAPERBACK. LOVELY COVER ARTWORK DEPICTING GABRIELA, RICHLY ATMOSPHERIC NOVEL BY AMADO. LIGHT SHELF-WEAR TO COVER & RUBBING TO CORNERS. UNMARKED COPY, & VG BINDING. IMMEDIATE 1st Class/Airmail dispatch fromUK FILM/WORLD LIT COLLECTION. First Separate. Paperback. Collectible; Very Good. ( more information) Offered by 84 Charing Cross Road Books (United Kingdom)
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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Qty: 4)
Jorge Amado
Avon Books. Paperback. Very Good. Satisfaction Guaranteed! ( more information) Offered by more books (United States)
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