Title : Tereza Batista - Jorge Amado - book

Summary :

Tereza Batista? Of all the characters created by Jorge Amado, she is undoubtedly the most colorful, the most colorful, the one who best embodies the common people of the province of Bahia, where the writer himself comes from, with her generosity, her optimism, and her courage to overcome misery and offenses. An orphan and leader of a gang of village kids, Tereza is sold, at the age of 15, to a rich man, a thief, a murderer, and a great fan of cockfighting. But she is a rebel. She kills her tormentor. Later, she fails, kidnaps him, and loves her passionately. Will she finally know happiness? Her protector dies. Once again, prostitution in a world where famine and epidemics are rife. But Tereza never gives up... Tereza Batista? A woman of flesh and blood, but also a legend. Tereza with many names: "Tereza of the Knife", "Tereza of the Seven Sighs", "Tereza of the Velvet Hands", etc. With her, with this book which is undoubtedly one of the writer's masterpieces, Jorge Amado enchants us with a magic, an enchantment, a sensuality and a spirit of insubordination which are the very life of his much-loved Brazil.

• EAN : 9782253933014
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