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Fiction / Brazil

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Tieta Jorge Amado Translated by Barbara Shelby Merello WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MOACYR SCLIAR The Americas Ilan Stevens, Series Editor; Irene Vilar, Associate Editor "Lusty . . . strenuous comedy . . . Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist."—New York Times Banished for promiscuity, Tieta returns to the seaside village of Agreste after twenty-six years. Thinking she is now a rich, respectable widow, her mercenary family welcomes her with open arms. But Tieta is forced to reveal her true identity in order to save the town's beautiful beaches from ugly development. For the only way she can stop the factory is to call upon her close connections in Sao Paulo's highest political and financial circles—as only the Madam of the city's ritziest bordello can. "A fully realized character, practically jumping off the pages."—Booklist 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 Tent of Miracles.

March 2003 688 pp.          5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ISBN 0-299-18654-7   Paper $18.95t 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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