Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Name: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Author: Jorge Amado

by Jorge Amado

A sensual romance between a poor woman and her employer explores passion and social class

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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.

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