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Author:
Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001.
Title:
The discovery of America by the Turks / Jorge Amado ; translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa ; foreword by José Saramago.
Publisher:
Penguin Books,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xi, 77 p. ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Arranged marriage--Fiction.
Arab-Americans--Fiction.
Merchants--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.
Other Authors:
Rabassa, Gregory.
Other Titles:
Descoberta da América pelos turcos. English
Summary:
Two Arab immigrants' "Turks" as Brazilians call them, arrive in the rough Brazilian frontier on the same ship in 1903, hoping to find a future. They rub shoulders with gunslingers and plantation owners, and also tangle with merchants, one of whom is desperate to marry off his impossible daughter. Thus ensues a farcical drama that produces, in a humorous twist, the unlikeliest of suitors in this whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew.
Series:
Penguin classics
ISBN:
0143106988
9780143106982
LCCN:
2012022549
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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