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The discovery of America by the Turks

Amado, JorgeSaramago, Jose(Foreword by)Rabassa, Gregory(Translated by)
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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.

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Penguin
1101603577 / 9781101603574
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869.341
28/08/2012
English
77 pages
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