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Jorge Amado

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Jorge Amado was one of the greatest Brazilian writers of the twentieth century. His twenty-one novels are distinguished by a passionate concern for social justice and a tender but exuberant vision of the comedy of life. They have been translated into forty-six languages and published in sixty countries. He died in August 2001, aged 88.

Books by Jorge Amado
Shepherds Of The Night
Jorge Amado
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Home Is The Sailor
Jorge Amado

An novel of adventure, love and seafaring from one of the finest Brazillian novelists of the twentieth century.

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The Violent Land
Jorge Amado

From the foremost Brazilian novelist of the twentieth century: an exotic tale of greed, madness, and seduction set in Brazil's lush, cocoa-growing forests.

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