Dona Flor and her two husbands : a moral and amorous tale /
It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes -- a gambler notorious for never winning -- dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: Dona Flor e seus dois maridos. |
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New York :
Vintage International,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st Vintage International ed. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes -- a gambler notorious for never winning -- dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her first husbandʹs amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights. -- Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 553 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780307276643 0307276643 |