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Fiction / Latin American Literature

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Tent of Miracles Jorge Amado Translated by Barbara Shelby Merello NEW INTRODUCTION BY ILAN STAVANS The Americas Ilan Stevens, Series Editor; Irene Vilar, Associate Editor "Delightful ribaldry and exotic trimmings . . . Bahia surely has no greater poet than Jorge Amado."—Saturday Review "A very rich and exotic novel . . . tells the story of Pedro Archanjo, mestizo, self-taught ethnologist, apostle of miscegenation, laborer, cult priest, and bon vivant. . . . Amado's joyous, exuberant, almost magical descriptions of festivals, puppet shows, African rituals, local legends, fascinating customs, strange and wonderful characters . . . result in a richness and warmth that are impossible to resist."—Washington Post "A most enjoyable romp."—New York Times "Tent of Miracles may well be Amado's masterpiece."—Christian Science Monitor Jorge Amado is the acclaimed author of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, and Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars. Highly successful film and Broadway versions of Dona Flor have brought worldwide recognition to Brazil's foremost novelist. The UW Press also publishes Amado's Tieta.

March 2003 416 pp.          5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ISBN 0-299-18644-X   Paper $16.95t Not for sale in British Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland and South Africa. For sale in Canada To order, you can accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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