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Carregando... Shepherds of the Night (1964)de Jorge Amado
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 3 volně spjaté novely. Lyrický a satirický tón najdeme ve třech příbězích Pastýřů noci splývající v jediném vyprávění o barvitých příhodách, jenž se udály v bahijském hlavním městě Salvadoru «Cuento cosas que pasaron de verdad# Quien no quiera oír que se largue», decía Amado cuando hablaba de sus novelas. La verdad es que, leyendo Los pastores de la noche, no solo creemos lo que el autor cuenta, sino que tenemos la tentación de dejarlo todo y marchar a San Salvador de Bahía, la ciudad más fascinante de Brasil. Nos imaginamos recorriendo sus calles estrechas para conocer de cerca a los entrañables personajes de esta novela, desde el capitán Marítim, desgraciado en su matrimonio, hasta Tiberia, la sabia patrona del burdel más prestigioso del lugar, sin olvidar a Beatriz, la célebre echadora de cartas. Entre delirios de amor, aullidos de pasión y largas charlas de los varones delante de un buen vino, los hombres y mujeres de Amado celebran la fragilidad de los seres humanos, que se reconocen en la imperfección más absoluta y tierna. «Apacentábamos la noche como si fuera un rebaño de muchachas, de inquietudes vírgenes en la edad del hombre» Así empieza Los pastores de la noche, un libro exuberante que vuelve a recordarnos las leyes del placer. "Shepherds of the Night" by Jorge Amado, translated from the Portuguese by the late Harriet De Onis, is three interconnected short stories about a dozen or so mainly poorer common folks in the state of Bahia ("bay") bordering the Atlantic coast in northeast Brazil. Bahia is the historical and cultural heart of Brazil and retains the greatest African (and Portuguese) imprint in custom and culture. The population is genetically about half African, over a third European, and many of the remaining Native American, with about half the population multiracial. The author captures his characters well and does not miss the humorous aspects of their various capacities to sustain their day-to-day well-being against the odds. His portrayals of Bahia are lively and, I would suspect, authentic. Recommended for any reader with an interest in Brazil. The writing style is undemanding. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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A big, brawling novel of waterfront life in Bahia, packed with cardsharpers, prostitutes, pimps, drunks and homeless Don Juans and Messalinas. It tells three interlinked and cumulating stories - about a marriage, a christening and a siege.The things that happen in Shepherds of the Night are bound to happen once the cleverest of the Don Juans marries an out-of-town prostitute and tires of her; once an unmarried mother insists on a church christening for her fatherless child; and once a group of homeless Bahians erect their shacks on private property. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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