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The discovery of America by the Turks

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria · 2012

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Two Arab immigrants' "Turks" as Brazilians call them, arrive in the rough Brazilian frontier on the same ship in 1903, hoping to find a future. They rub shoulders with gunslingers and plantation owners, and also tangle with merchants, one of whom is desperate to marry off his impossible daughter. Thus ensues a farcical drama that produces, in a humorous twist, the unlikeliest of suitors in this whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew.

Book details

Year
2012
Language
English
Series
Penguin classics
Publisher
Penguin Books
Editions
1
Pages
77
ISBN
9780143106982

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