"There's something on the docks that's even worse than the misery of factories, the misery of plantations; It's the certainty that the end will be death at sea unexpectedly some night, suddenly some night."

This is the story of the people of the dockside of Bahia, and their acceptance that if they live by the sea, they will die by the sea. It focuses on the love story between Guma, brave, heroic, and almost mythical, and the beautiful Livia. Between them, it was love at first sight, but Livia was not "of the sea," and could not accept that at any time the man she loved could be taken by the sea.

I've read several books by Amado and have liked them all. He writes of poor people, but people enthusiastic for life. His characters are real, but also mythic. Recommended.

3 1/2 stars ( )

stupendo. bellissima storia della gente del porto di Bahia, tra amori, dèi, coltelli e naufragi; evocante e commovente.la copia in portoghese l'ho regalata a un amore finito ma non rimpiango di averlo fatto
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Pertinace (solo in aNobii?) scrive in "Sinistra, con Pert e con Pertinacia" ha scritto il 21 Jul 2009, 22:29 : Congratulazioni per il tenero gesto. È così che si fa.

A história passa-se numa comunidade piscatória na Bahia. A história de amor central é enquadrada pelas personagens dessa comunidade e pelas suas vivências. ( )