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The Discovery of America by the Turks

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by Jorge Amado
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa (Translator), Jose Saramago (Foreword by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-08-28Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143106982ISBN-10:143106988UPC:9780143106982Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Humorous, Hispanic & LatinoSize:7.79 x 5.13 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.1808Product ID:SC92V5QD6Z
A Penguin Classic

Published here for the first time in English in a brilliant translation by the peerless Gregory Rabassa, The Discovery of America by the Turks is a whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew that will remind readers why Jorge Amado is to Portuguese-American literature what Jorge Luis Borges is to Spanish-American literature. It follows the adventures of two Arab immigrants--"Turks," as Brazilians call them--who arrive in the rough Brazilian frontier in 1903 and become involved in a merchant's farcical attempt to marry off his shrew of a daughter.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143106982ISBN-10:143106988UPC:9780143106982Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Humorous, Hispanic & LatinoSize:7.79 x 5.13 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.1808Product ID:SC92V5QD6Z
Jorge Amado (1912-2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.

Gregory Rabassa (translator; 1922-2016) was a National Book Award-winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar, and Jorge Amado have become classics in their own right.

José Saramago (foreword; 1922-2010) was a Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese writer. His many novels include All the Names and Blindness.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa (Translator), Jose Saramago (Foreword by)

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Jorge Amado

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