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Jorge Amado, Margaret A. Neves (Tradução) 3.80. 1,000 ratings69 reviews. Street urchin Antonia Balduino, inspired by medicine man Jubiaba, abandons his precarious life as a circus boxer and balladeer to join the stuggle of local workers against oppression.
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Jubiabá is a father figure to Baldo. He goes back to the time of slavery (the book is set in the 1930s) and seems to carry on in good form throughout the book. More importantly than a father figure, however, Jubiabá is the local voodoo priest.
Jubiabá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒubjaˈba]) is a Brazilian modernist novel written by Jorge Amado in 1935. It earned Amado an international reputation, being hailed by Albert Camus as “a magnificent and haunting” book.
Jubiabá narrates the life of Antônio Balduíno (Baldo), a black boy, raised by his aunt, Luísa, at Morro do Capa Negro, in Salvador. With the death of his aunt, Baldo goes to live in the house of a commander, where he meets his daughter, Lindinalva, for whom he has an intellectual and obsessive passion.
Nov 22, 2021 · His first novels were published a few years later: O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival, 1931), Cacau (1933) and Jubiabá (1935; English translation 1989). According to Wikipedia, the first novel has not been translated into English.
Jan 1, 2009 · Jubiabá. Spacca (Adaptador e Desenhista), Jorge Amado. 3.78. 63 ratings8 reviews. Jubiabá, romance de Jorge Amado escrito entre 1934 e 1935, tem como protagonista Antônio Balduíno, menino pobre nascido no morro do Capa-Negro, em Salvador.
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Feb 25, 2023 · Jorge Amado's Jubiabá is a masterpiece of Brazilian modernist literature, exploring the complex themes of race, friendship, and social injustice. The novel's plot centers around the life of Antonio Balduino, a young black boy from Salvador de Bahia, who befriends a candomblé priest, Jubiabá.