Captains of the Sands
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2013
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106357 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014310635X |
| Author: | Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 132mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Critics Review
“Brazil’s leading man of letters …
“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
About The Author
Jorge Amado
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 (translator; 1922-2016) was a National Book Award-winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortazar, and Jorge Amado have become classics in their own right.
Colm Tóibín (introduction) is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Costa Award-winning Brooklyn and the Pulitzer Prize and Booker Prize finalist The Master.
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