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The Violent Land

The Violent Land
  • Author(s): Jorge Amado
  • Location(s): Bahia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

A tale of greed, love and redemption – 2 families are in the midst of an internecine war over a cacao plantation in the north-east of the country. It is the vivid nature of writing and description that makes...

Bahia Blues

Bahia Blues
  • Author(s): Yasmina Traboulsi
  • Location(s): Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Since the arrival of Gringa, everything has been going wrong. Maria Aparecida, the queen of the slums, has disappeared: one-eyed Tonio has stopped singing: Ze and Manuel are feverish and Mama Lourdes the clairvoyant can only predict bad news....

All Yours

All Yours
  • Author(s): Claudia Pinero
  • Location(s): Salvador de Bahia, Buenos Aires
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Inés is convinced that every wife is bound to be betrayed one day, so she is not surprised to find a note in her husband Ernesto’s briefcase with a heart smeared in lipstick crossed by the words “All Yours”....

Captains of the Sands

Captains of the Sands
  • Author(s): Jorge Amado
  • Location(s): Bahia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia. They call themselves ‘Captains of the Sands’, a gang of orphans and runaways who live by...

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
  • Author(s): Jorge Amado
  • Location(s): Ilhéus
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

When Gabriela came to the Brazilian town of Ilhéus, things would never be the same again … In 1925, the town’s cacao plantations are flourishing and progress reigns, but Nacib the Arab’s most desperate worry is that his cook...

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