Los pastores de la noche / The Pastors of the Night

For readers eager to reread or discover this out-of-print classic by one of the most revered writers of contemporary Latin American fiction, a new addition to our popular Jorge Amado backlist.

"I tell of things that really happened," Amado said of his novels. And the truth is that reading Los pastores de la noche, we not only believe him, but are tempted to drop everything and go to San Salvador de Bahia, Brazil's most fascinating and alluring city. We imagine ourselves walking the narrow streets to get up close to the beloved characters of this novel, from the Captain Maritim, unhappy in his marriage, to Tiberias, the wise owner of the city's most prestigious brothels, and Beatrice, the famous fortune-teller. Between delusions of love, cries of passion, and long conversations with good wine, Amado's men and women celebrate the fragility and most tender imperfections of human beings. (Shepherds of the Night-Spanish-language edition).

Jorge Amado (1912–2001) es tal vez el escritor brasileno mas conocido en el mundo. En muchas de sus obras se mezclan los temas naturalistas con un humor obsceno y se describe el magico ambiente de la gente humilde de Bahia. A los dieciocho anos publico su primera novela, El pais del carnaval (1931). Tierra del sinfin (1944), considerada una de sus obra maestra, describe la dura vida de los trabajadores de las plantaciones de cacao. En 1961 fue elegido miembro de la Academia Brasilena de Letras. Dona Flor y sus dos maridos (1966), quiza su novela mas famosa, fue llevada al cine por Bruno Barreto en 1976.