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Jorge Amado was one of the greatest Brazilian writers of the twentieth century. His twenty-one novels are distinguished by a passionate concern for social justice and a tender but exuberant vision of the comedy of life. They have been translated into forty-six languages and published in sixty countries. He died in August 2001, aged 88.
Jorge Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist * New York Times * Amado's humour is fresh, innocent, and inventive, and his altogether delightful comedy...has been given an exceptionally good translation * New Yorker * Amado is by turns realist, fantasical, episodic, direct, angry, humorous and, above all, characterful * Scotsman * His books are on the grand scale, long, lavish, highly coloured, exuberant * Times Literary Supplement * Not only is Jorge Amado oneo f the greatest writers[...] he's also one of the most entertaining -- Mario Vargas Llosa
