Captains of the sands
Amado, Jorge, 1912-20012013
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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.
Main title:
Captains of the sands / Jorge Amado ; translated by Gregory Rabassa ; introduction by Colm Toibin.
Author:
Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001, authorRabassa, Gregory, translatorTóibín, Colm, 1955-, writer of introduction
Work:
Imprint:
New York : Penguin Books, 2013.©1988.
Collation:
xii, 265 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published in Portuguese as Capitaes da areia by Livraria Jose Olympio Editora, 1937. This translation previously published: New York, N.Y. : Avon, c1988.Translated from Portuguese.
ISBN:
9780143106357
Dewey class:
869.341
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
Added title:
BRN:
19637
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | Fiction | AMAD | Available |