Jorge Amado
Brazilian novelist of the Northeastern school whose colorful, carnivalesque fiction celebrated the Afro-Brazilian culture of Bahia with warmth, sensuality, and political commitment. Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor are his best-known works internationally.
Works
- Gabriela, Clove and CinnamonA sensual romance between a poor woman and her employer explores passion and social class
- Dona Flor and Her Two HusbandsWoman navigates love after her husband's death and mysterious supernatural return
- Captains of the SandsStreet orphans in Bahia face poverty, crime, and survival in colonial Brazil
- TietaAging woman exiled to remote island transforms community through sensuality
- The Violent LandLand exploitation and bloodshed during cacao plantation wars in Bahia
- Gabriela Clove and CinnamonYoung woman captivates a port city with her charm and cooking