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Jorge Amado

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Jorge Amado (1912–2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.

Samuel Putnam (translator; 1892–1950) was a translator and scholar of Romance languages, famous for his English translation of Don Quixote.

Alfred Mac Adam (introduction) is a professor of Latin American literature at Barnard College and Columbia University. He lives in New York.

Jorge Amado Books

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Captains of the Sands

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The Violent Land

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The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray

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The Discovery of America by the Turks

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