Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon

Gabriela, Clove and CinnamonIlh us in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendon a discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in town least of all Gabriela herself will be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular caf and in

Ilh us in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendon a discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot...

No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in town-least of all Gabriela herself-will be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular caf and in desperation hires Gabriela. To his surprise she turns out to be a great beauty as well as a wonderful cook and an enchanting boon to his business. But what would people say if Nacib were to marry her?

Lusty, satirical and full of intrigue, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon is a vastly entertaining panorama of small town Brazilian life.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/12/2006
ISBN: 9780307276650
Pages: 425
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.34w x 1.01d

Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2006 pg. 106