Tieta (The Americas) - Softcover

Amado, Jorge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299186547 ISBN 13: 9780299186548

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"Lusty ...strenuous comedy ... Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist."

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0299186547
• ISBN 13: 9780299186548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 690