Captains of the Sands

Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa, Colm Toibin

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English

Penguin
11 July 2013

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia They call themselves Captains of the Sands, a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old Bullet, the band--including a crafty liar named Legless, the intellectual Professor, and the sexually precocious Cat --pulls off heists and escapades against the right and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands the capture of the little criminals, the fate of these children becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom in a shackled land. Captains of the Sands captures the rich culture, vivid emotions, and wild landscape of Bahia with penetrating authenticity and brilliantly displays the genius of Brazil's most acclaimed author.

By: Jorge Amado
Introduction by: Colm Toibin
Translated by: Gregory Rabassa
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9780143106357
ISBN 10: 014310635X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 11 July 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. Gregory Rabassa is a National Book Award-winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Julio Cortazar have become classics in their own right. He lives in New York City. <br>Colm Toibin is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Costa Award-winning Brooklyn and the Pulitzer Prize and Booker Prize finalist The Master. <br>

Reviews for Captains of the Sands

"“Amado was writing to save his country’s soul. . . . The scenes where the captains of the sands manage to fool the rich of the city and get away with it would have made Henry Fielding or Charles Dickens proud.” —Colm Tóibín, from the Introduction “Indispensable . . . if you want to feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador.” —Itamar Vieira Junior, The New York Times ""Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist.""—The New York Times “Brazil’s leading man of letters . . . Amado is adored around the world!” —Newsweek"