JUBIABA’ – Novel by Jorge Amado

Amado’s popularity as a writer has never declined. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil, and that image is marked by religious syncretism. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers (with his work having been translated into some 49 languages). Jorge Amado was born on a farm near the inland city of Itabuna (south of the Brazilian state of Bahia). From his exposure to the large cocoa plantations, he knew the misery and of the people working the land, and living in almost slave conditions. At age 18, he published his first novel (The Country of Carnival). He died on a August day in 200, and his ashes were spread in the garden of his house.

Jubiabà earned Amado an international reputation, being hailed by Albert Camus as a magnificent book. The novel tells the story of the friendship, between a poor black youngster from Salvador de Bahia, and a candomblé priest. The novel examines the African-Brazilian culture of the state of Bahia, with much emphasis on macumba. It continues the theme of development of political consciousness among the working class from Amado’s earlier novels. The protagonist, despite the loves and adventures experienced, has to work as a longshoreman. These are tough times, and involvement in the general strike sees him starring in an unusual role of humanity, from which arise doubt right on the figure of the mythical guru Jubiabd (in contact with the past, but unable according to him, to imagine a different future).

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