Home Is The Sailor

An novel of adventure, love and seafaring from one of the finest Brazillian novelists of the twentieth century.

Jorge Amado was one of the greatest Brazilian writers of the twentieth century. His twenty-one novels are distinguished by a passionate concern for social justice and a tender but exuberant vision of the comedy of life. They have been translated into forty-six languages and published in sixty countries. He died in August 2001, aged 88.

The sleepy Brazilian beach resort of Periperi needs a hero. As if in answer to their calll, Captain Vasco Moscosco de Aragao (newly retired) arrives and soon has the townspeople enthralled with his tales of ocean-going daring and romance. 
 
Only his rival, Chico Pacheco, delves into the captain's past and discovers that he has never in his life sailed beyond the harbour bar. But just as Vasco is about to be unmaksked the Ita limps into port with her flag at half mast and her captain dead at the wheel. Pressed into service, Vasco goes to meet his destiny and so begins an adventure in love and seamanship that surpasses even his wildest fantasies.

Jorge Amado

Not only is Jorge Amado oneo f the greatest writers[...] he's also one of the most entertaining

His books are on the grand scale, long, lavish, highly coloured, exuberant

Amado is by turns realist, fantasical, episodic, direct, angry, humorous and, above all, characterful

Amado's humour is fresh, innocent, and inventive, and his altogether delightful comedy...has been given an exceptionally good translation

Jorge Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist

A big, brawling novel of waterfront life in Bahia, packed with cardsharpers, prostitutes, pimps, drunks and homeless Don Juans and Messalinas. It tells three interlinked and cumulating stories - about a marriage, a christening and a siege. 
 
The things that happen in Shepherds of the Night are bound to happen once the cleverest of the Don Juans marries an out-of-town prostitute and tires of her; once an unmarried mother insists on a church christening for her fatherless child; and once a group of homeless Bahians erect their shacks on private property.

Jorge Amado

Praise for Shepherds Of The Night

Not only is Jorge Amado oneo f the greatest writers[...] he's also one of the most entertaining

His books are on the grand scale, long, lavish, highly coloured, exuberant

Amado is by turns realist, fantasical, episodic, direct, angry, humorous and, above all, characterful

Not only is Jorge Amado oneo f the greatest writers[...] he's also one of the most entertaining

His books are on the grand scale, long, lavish, highly coloured, exuberant

Amado is by turns realist, fantasical, episodic, direct, angry, humorous and, above all, characterful

Not only is Jorge Amado oneo f the greatest writers[...] he's also one of the most entertaining

His books are on the grand scale, long, lavish, highly coloured, exuberant

Amado is by turns realist, fantasical, episodic, direct, angry, humorous and, above all, characterful

Books by Jorge Amado

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