Bahia de Todos-os-santos (book)

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Bahia de Todos-os-santos: guia de ruas e mistérios de Salvador
First edition
AuthorJorge Amado
Original titleBahia de Todos-os-santos: guia de ruas e mistérios de Salvador (Bahia of all-saints: a guide to the streets and mysteries of Salvador)
LanguagePortuguese
PublisherLivraria Martins Editora, São Paulo, republished by Companhia das Letras, 2012.
Publication date
1945
Publication placeBrazil
ISBN9788535921373

Bahia de Todos-os-santos: guia de ruas e mistérios de Salvador (Bahia of all-saints: a guide to the streets and mysteries of Salvador) is a book by the Brazilian writer, Jorge Amado, first published in Portuguese in 1945. It has not yet been published in English.

The book is a guide to Salvador in Brazil, known in full as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos. The author describes both poor and rich neighbourhoods and the city's beaches, as well as the customs of the Afro-Brazilian population and their rituals, such as macumba and candomblé, and the worship of Iemanjá. The book was first published in 1945, but was revised for subsequent editions to reflect the many changes to the urban environment. It is far from being a normal tourist guide, having been described as "an encyclopedia of what it means to be baiano" [1] and a “hymn of praise to the city of Bahia”.[2] At the same time, it does not fail to discuss the chronic poverty of the city. Amado in places uses the technique of addressing an imaginary female reader found also in his two biographies, The ABC of Castro Alves and The Knight of Hope, a biography of Luís Carlos Prestes.

The Lacerda Elevator in Salvador, a feature of the city since 1873

References

  1. ^ Barberena, Ricardo Araújo (December 2013). "The desired and sublimated city by Jorge Amado: places imagined in Bahia de Todos-os-Santos: guia de ruas e mistérios de salvador" (PDF). Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea: 103–111. doi:10.1590/S2316-40182013000200006.
  2. ^ "Bahia de Todos os Santos". JorgeAmado.com. Companhia das Letras. Retrieved 1 January 2015.


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