Stated first American Edition. Near fine book in very good price-clipped, mylar-covered dust jacket. Slight fading to edges of boards. Small smudge to bottom edge. Some spine slant. Dust jacket aged and soiled, small chips from top and bottom spine and corners. Translated from the Portuguese by James L. Taylor and William L. Grossman. 426 pp. 8 vo. This skillfully plotted novel is set in 1925-26 in Bahia, Brazil (Amado's birthplace). We specialize in Latin American literature in translation.

Latin American Literature, Brazilian Literature, Foreign Fiction