Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
by Jorge Amado | 
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
by Jorge Amado | 
Epitaph of a Small Winner
by Machado de Assis | 
The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector | 
Near to the Wild Heart
by Clarice Lispector | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo | 
Anne of Windy Poplars
by Lucy Maud Montgomery | 
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes | 
Out Stealing Horses
by Per Petterson | 
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by David Eggers | 
2666
by Roberto Bolano | 
Buying the Farm
by Kimberly Conn | 
Flight Behavior
by Barbara Kingsolver | 
Harbor of the Heart
by Katherine Spencer | 
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates | 
Everyman
by Philip Roth | 
The Book of Ruth
by Jane Hamilton | 
South of Broad
by Pat Conroy | 
Old School
by Tobias Wolff |
Her story unfolds with brilliance and luminous intensity, a masterpiece of contemporary literature by Brazil's foremost novelist. It is the story of Tereza, the twelve-year-old girl who is sold into slavery by her aunt. It is the story of Tereza, the young woman, who is jailed for defending her lover only to find him untrue. And it is the story of Tereza, reigning goddess of love - inspiration to poets, painters, and sailors on leave; mistress of a noble patriarch; chief-of-staff to the armies of whores on strike; and triumphant Queen of the Samba - desired, admired, and honored by all.