In literary terms ILHÉUS, Amado’s birthplace, is the best-known town in Brazil, the setting for his most famous novel, Gabriela, Cravo e Canela, translated into English as “Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon” – by far the most renowned Brazilian novel internationally. If you haven’t heard of it before visiting Ilhéus, you soon will; it seems […]
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