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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
To reread an author I love is always a pleasure, to reread Jorge Amado is a rediscovery. All pages are filled with love, ambition, fear, loyalty, passion, powerful feelings that dominate the story of Gabriela and Nacib, and all other characters in this book that holds me from beginning to end. Every time I read […]
Rediscovering Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado (August/10/1912 – August/6/2001) is one of the most famous and translated Brazilian authors of all time. In Brazil many of his books are part of the reading curriculum from middle school all the way through college. He was born in Itabuna, Bahia and moved to Rio de Janeiro in the thirties to study […]