The War of the Saints by Jorge Amado
The image of Santa Barbara of the Thunder is being shipped to the scity of Bahia to be enshrined at the Museum of Sacred Art. As the boat that will deliver her is docking, she comes to life to save Manela, a young Bahian girl whose flirtatious behaviour has offended her pious family. This magical occurrence announces the start of the festival. The sounds of berimbau drums herald the candombl? rituals that will determine the success or failure of Santa Barbara's magic. Once again the author of DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS shows his consummate ability to tell a story with compassion and sensuality.
?Exotic and erotic, full of mischievous authorial interjections and digressions, The War of the Saints is an enchanting tale enchantingly told? Herald ?A narrative masterpiece translated with lucidity, zest and an irrepressible flow by Gregory Rabassa? Morning Star
A wonderful journey to the Brazil of the mind -- Mariella Frostrup * Lonely Planet Magazine *
A wonderful journey to the Brazil of the mind -- Mariella Frostrup * Lonely Planet Magazine *
Jorge Amado was born in northeastern Brazil in 1912. His early masterpiece is The Violent Land. A political exile in the 1940s, he lived for many years in Prague and Paris. The success of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands brought Jorge Amado an international audience and translation into forty-six languages with more than 8,000,000 copies of his books in print. The War of the Saints, his latest book, confirms his stature as Latin America's greatest storyteller. Jorge Amado died in 2001.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852423728 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852423722 |
| Title | The War of the Saints |
| Author | Jorge Amado |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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