Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Jorge Amado

448 pages first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics romance emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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Ilhéus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonça discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be ...

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