false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180918221m/1092438.jpg 91659 26 816185 1958 Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon total:447|5:154|4:184|3:88|2:15|1:6| 447 1806 731 46 1092438 0380754703 9780380754700 17 2 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180918221m/1092438.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1092438.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 2 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 18:15:47 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 15:47:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 3 1 false Tue Jan 27 11:33:11 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 13:20:24 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:33:11 -0800 2009
Jorge Amado introduces us to the fictionalized version of his home town; Ilheus, Brazil. The story takes pla...more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 2 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Sep 18 21:14:57 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 21:21:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1092435 0380012057 9780380012053 9 3 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180918218m/1092435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1092435.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 1 false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 15:47:22 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 15:58:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1092435 0380012057 9780380012053 9 3 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180918218m/1092435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1092435.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 1 false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 06:25:26 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 07:12:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 1 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:01:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 10:57:11 -0700 2009 gabriela, clove and cinnamon (gabriela, cravo e canela) is a radiant and masterful work from brazilian novelist jorge amado. set mostly within ilhéus, a city in the coastal region of bahia, gabriela is a magnificently composed tale rich with convincing characters and absorbing subplots. amado def...more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 0 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:46:54 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:47:17 -0700 2009


MY OLDER DAUGHTER'S MIDDLE NAME IS GABRIELA BECAUSE OF THIS BOOK. In 1925, the Brazilian town of Ilheus burst into prosperity & modernity as cacao plantations gobbled up the land. Cacao barons built nouveau riche monstrosities and culti...more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Dec 08 10:35:28 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 00:42:03 -0800 2009
What I got, however, was not a work of magic realism, but a meditation on the feminine. Gabriela seems more like an archetype than a person, the anima personified, The various ...more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 22:04:59 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 23:30:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 0 false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Apr 09 21:13:23 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:29:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 06:46:06 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 06:46:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Mon Mar 16 08:17:48 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 08:25:46 -0700 2009
I read this book while living in Brazil where Jorge Amado was very popular. Reread years later.Gabriela was so truly typical of her times and regions. Amado catches the Brazilian flavor and makes it sing. ]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 09 05:19:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 13:21:17 -0800 2009 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 0 0 false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 04:18:14 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 04:35:29 -0800 2009 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 18:07:51 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 12:02:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Sat May 17 09:07:45 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 06:41:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Wed Oct 07 12:28:23 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 12:29:11 -0700 2009 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 0 false Sat Mar 14 06:55:09 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 06:55:42 -0700 2009 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 5 0 false Tue Jun 23 11:50:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:50:49 -0700 2009 91659 0307276651 9780307276650 395 40 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171232433m/91659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91659.Gabriela_Clove_and_Cinnamon 4 0 false Thu Nov 06 13:35:38 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 13:39:17 -0800 2008 The English translation doesn't read quite as well as I imagine it would in the original Portuguese, so it was a little hard to get ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1092438