LoginGabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
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The book tells two separate but related tales: first, the romance between Nacib Saad, a respectable bar owner of Syrian origin, and Gabriela, an innocent and captivating migrant worker from the impoverished interior. And second, the political struggle between the old guard of Cacao growers, led by the Bastos clan, and the forces of modernization, in the person of Mundinho Falcão, a wealthy young man from Rio de Janeiro. It can be read simultaneously as an unusual, charming love story, a description of the political and social forces at work in 1920s Brazil, a somewhat satirical depiction of Latin American aspirations to "m
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Manufacturer: Avon, NY
Release date: 17 July 1988
ISBN-10 : B000INYULO |
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Release date: 17 July 1988
ISBN-10 : B000INYULO |
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