Questions tagged [jorge-amado]
Questions about the works of the Brazilian author Jorge Amado (1912–2001) or his life as a writer. Use with the tag [portuguese-literature].
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In what way is Jorge Amado's The Discovery of America by the Turks a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado's The Discovery of America by the Turks / A Descoberta da América pelos Turcos describes this work as "a Brazilian Modernist novel", even though it ...
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In what way is Jorge Amado's The Violent Land a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado's The Violent Land / Terras do Sem Fim describes this work as "a Brazilian Modernist novel". The corresponding Portuguese, French and Italian ...
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In what way is Jorge Amado's Home Is the Sailor a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado's Home Is the Sailor / Os velhos marinheiros ou o capitão de longo curso describes this work as a "Brazilian modernist novel". The corresponding ...
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What is the meaning of the reference to a young contemporary author?
At the beginning of Jorge Amado's novel The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray (A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro d'Água, 1959), the narrator seems to allude to something a young contemporary author ...
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In what way is Jorge Amado's novel Jubiabá a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado describes the author as "a Brazilian writer of the modernist school" and adds that he was "one of the founders of the Modernist 'Rebels' Academy&...