Word: gahriela
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...still agonizes over each decision-in fact, his soul searching destroys the efficiency of his best gunman, Negro Damião. As in U.S. westerns, the land is the real hero, breeding men as luxuriant, lavish and cruel as itself. Presumably spurred by the success of Amado's Gahriela: Clove and Cinnamon and Home Is the Sailor, Knopf has reissued The Violent Land, which was last published in the U.S. 20 years ago. It is worth reviving as one of the best of Amado's books, which have been published in 31 languages, ranging from Icelandic to Persian...
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