From the foremost Brazilian novelist of the twentieth century- an exotic tale of greed, madness, and seduction set in Brazil's lush, cocoa-growing forests.
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.
Samuel Putnam (translator; 1892-1950) was a translator and scholar
of Romance languages, famous for his English translation of Don
Quixote.
Alfred Mac Adam(introduction) is a professor of Latin American
literature at Barnard College and Columbia University. He lives in
New York.
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