The Violent LandIn this short novel, the aristocratic Badaros family is pitted against the middle-class planter Colonel Horacio Silveira in a struggle to obtain a crucial piece of land for the growing of cacao. Amado's true subject - and one he frequently comes back to - is the effect of the Bahia region's vast cacao plantations on the local citizens and the communities in which they live. the great Brazilian author, an exotic tale of greed, madness, and a dispute between two powerful families over land on the cocoa-rich coast of Bahia"--Publisher's website. |
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Page 201
... Manuel de Oliveira had gone into the ballroom to summon Astrogildo , another planter , to come and see how high the bets were . The two of them now were looking on . " Your hundred and sixty and raise you three hundred and twenty ...
... Manuel de Oliveira had gone into the ballroom to summon Astrogildo , another planter , to come and see how high the bets were . The two of them now were looking on . " Your hundred and sixty and raise you three hundred and twenty ...
Page 205
... Manuel de Oliveira was making a date with the aged pros- titute , but Juca had eyes only for Margot , who was seated at a table with Virgilio . Astrogildo followed his friend's gaze ; he thought that Juca was looking at the lawyer ...
... Manuel de Oliveira was making a date with the aged pros- titute , but Juca had eyes only for Margot , who was seated at a table with Virgilio . Astrogildo followed his friend's gaze ; he thought that Juca was looking at the lawyer ...
Page 218
... Manuel de Oliveira , with Lawyer Ge- naro at times to assist him . Manuel was a printer by trade who had worked on various newspapers in Bahia . Juca Badaró had made his acquaintance in the cafés of the capital and had there hired him ...
... Manuel de Oliveira , with Lawyer Ge- naro at times to assist him . Manuel was a printer by trade who had worked on various newspapers in Bahia . Juca Badaró had made his acquaintance in the cafés of the capital and had there hired him ...
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