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Jorge Amado

Born

in Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

August 10, 1912

Died

August 06, 2001

Website

http://www.jorgeamado.org.br

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance

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Jorge Amado de Faria was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his extensive work having been translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and her Two Husbands, (in Portuguese, Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) in 1978. His work dealt largely with the poor urban black and mulatto communities of Bahia.
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Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (Itabuna, 10 de agosto de 1912 — Salvador, 6 de agosto de 2001) foi um dos mais famosos e traduzidos escritores brasileiros de todos os tempos. Integrou os quadros da intelectualidade comunista brasileira desde o final da primeira metade do século XX - ideologia presente em várias obras, como a retratação dos moradores do t ...more

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	Capitães da Areia 4.34 avg rating — 23,044 ratings — published 1937 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado, Harriet de Onís (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 8,095 ratings — published 1966 — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gabriela, clavo y canela by Jorge Amado, Fernando Rodríguez (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 7,861 ratings — published 1958 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ميتتان لرجل واحد by Jorge Amado, جورجي أمادو, عبد الجليل العربي (ترجمة) 3.80 avg rating — 5,779 ratings — published 1959 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá: Uma História de Amor 3.81 avg rating — 4,502 ratings — published 1976 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mar Morto 4.07 avg rating — 2,413 ratings — published 1936 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars by Jorge Amado, Barbara Shelby (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 1,790 ratings — published 1972 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tieta by Jorge Amado, Moacyr Scliar, Barbara Shelby (Translation) 4.11 avg rating — 1,293 ratings — published 1977 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Violent Land by Jorge Amado, Samuel Putnam 4.02 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 1942 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tent of Miracles by Jorge Amado, Barbara Shelby (Translator), Ilan Stavans (Introduction) 3.89 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 1969 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises .”
― Jorge Amado, Gabriela, clavo y canela

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“Love--the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world.”
― Jorge Amado, Gabriela, clavo y canela

tags: love

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“ - O amor não se prova, nem se mede. É como Gabriela. Existe, isso basta - falou João Fulgêncio. - O facto de não se compreender ou explicar uma coisa não acaba com ela. Nada sei das estrelas, mas as vejo no céu, são a beleza da noite.”
― Jorge Amado, Gabriela, clavo y canela

tags: fidelity, inspirational, love

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Please vote for the book you'd like to read as a group in May 2010.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

14 votes, 24.1%

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

10 votes, 17.2%

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

9 votes, 15.5%

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

7 votes, 12.1%

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

6 votes, 10.3%

Hold Still by Nina LaCour

4 votes, 6.9%

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado

3 votes, 5.2%

Conflict In Blue: Behind The Badge by Richard Whitaker

3 votes, 5.2%

A Swell-Looking Babe by Jim Thompson

1 vote, 1.7%

Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

1 vote, 1.7%

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