Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

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Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
OCLC
879808914

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (

modernist novel by Jorge Amado, originally published in 1958 and later published in English in 1962. It is widely considered one of Amado's finest works. A film adaptation, Gabriela
, was released in 1983.

Plot summary

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a romantic tale set in the small Brazilian town of

Syrian origin, and his new cook Gabriela, an innocent and captivating migrant worker
from the impoverished interior. The gap between the worlds of Nacib Saad and Gabriela make their romance a challenge to the unwritten rules of Ilhéus society and will subsequently change the two of them forever.

The second part to this story is about the political struggle between the seasoned cacao plantation owners, with the powerful Bastos clan in pole position, and the forces of

Latin American
aspirations to "modernity", and a celebration of the local culture and pleasures of Bahia.

Theme and settings

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon gives the reader a peek into a small town community on the brink of a grand transformation. Ilhéus is an inviting little place with a good mix of culture and quite a few originals to color everyday life. In the mid-1920s, the

colonels". The town patriarch, Colonel Ramiro Bastos, disapproves of the outsider's interference and vows not to surrender without a fight.[1]

The colonels run the local governing administration of both major political parties, thus control all decisionmaking and with violence if necessary hold on to their large estates that supply the means upon which everything and everyone depends. They are the

plutocratic rulers of what could be called a purely feudal society, aided by complicated system of allegiances built upon mutual interest, reciprocal favors and kinship.[2]

Adaptations

The novel was made into the telenovela

TV Tupi in 1961. It was also adapted into the 1975 telenovela Gabriela and into the 2012 telenovela Gabriela
.

The feature film

Antonio Carlos Jobim
.

The book has been translated into English and other languages as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon.

References

  1. ^ a b Jorge Amado (2 November 2010). "Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon Study Guide & Plot Summary| Jorge Amado". BookRags.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon Summary – Jorge Amado". eNotes.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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