Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a Brazilian modernist novel by Jorge Amado, originally published in 1958 and later published in English in 1962. It is widely considered one of Amado's finest works. A film adaptation, Gabriela, was released in 1983.
First edition; cover art by Clóvis Graciano
Jorge Amado was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences.
Amado in 1988
The Jorge Amado Foundation in Salvador da Bahia
Amado in 1935
Jorge Amado, 1972. National Archives of Brazil.