Sea of Death (Brazilian Literature in Translation Series #2)

Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa (Translated by)

$24.95

Publication Date: April 9th, 2013

Publisher:

Tagus Press

ISBN:

9781933227498

Pages:

244

Description

Written in 1936 when Amado was twenty-four years old, Sea of Death tells the dockside tales of Bahia. Sailors and their wives, steeped in the rich mythology surrounding the goddess Iemanjá, are at the heart of this novel, a lyrical and tragic portrayal of the workers' daily struggle for survival. Sea of Death narrates the story of Guma and LÃvia, lovers whose triumphs and tribulations mirror the dark imperatives of the world around them.

About the Author

JORGE AMADO (1912–2001), son of a cacao planter, shaped the image of Brazil in the twentieth century. Hailed by the New York Times as "Brazil's best-loved writer," Amado is the author of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. His novels have been translated into nearly 50 languages. GREGORY RABASSA is the preeminent translator from the Spanish and Portuguese.

Praise for Sea of Death (Brazilian Literature in Translation Series #2)

"Jorge Amado [was] the voice, the feeling, and the joy of Brazil."—José Saramago

"Gregory Rabassa's translation elevates Sea of Death to a mythopoetic adventure. A charismatic storyteller. . . . No other Latin American writer is more genuinely admired by his peers, nor has any other exerted so great a creative influence on the course of Latin American fiction."—The New York Times Book Review

"One of the greatest writers . . . also one of the most entertaining."—Mario Vargas Llosa