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Amado, Jorge

 
9780143106982: The Discovery of America by the Turks (Penguin Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0143106988 ISBN 13: 9780143106982
Editorial: Penguin Publishing Group, 2012

Sinopsis

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.

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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.

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Penguin Publishing Group
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0143106988
ISBN 13 
9780143106982
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
96
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