Jorge Amado

'Captains of the Sands'

Bog | Engelsk

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 their wits and daring in the torrid slums and s

'Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon'

Bog | Engelsk

Ilh us in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendon a discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled