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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 husband’s amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights.
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Jorge Amado
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- Released
- 2006
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jorge Amado
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0307276643
- ISBN13
- 9780307276643
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Erotica, Marriage, Magical Realism, Latin American Literature, Morality, Brazil, Irony, Portuguese Literature, Brazilian Literature, Eros
- Original title
- Dona Flor e seus dois maridos
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 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 husband’s amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights.