A big, brawling novel of waterfront life in Bahia, packed with cardsharpers, prostitutes, pimps, drunks and homeless Don Juans and Messalinas. The things that happen in Shepherds... Læs mere
Previously published: New York, N.Y.: Avon, c1988.
The arrival of an intoxicating mulatto girl from the backlands changes the lives of the inhabitants of a provincial Brazilian town.
Banished for promiscuity, Tieta returns to the seaside village of Agreste after 26 years. Thinking she is now a rich, respectable widow, her mercenary family welcomes her with open arms. But Tieta... Læs mere
Set in a Brazilian locale, this is the story of Pedro Archanjo, beloved rogue and fierce activist for social justice, who becomes a posthumous hero when an American intellect... Læs mere