num_pages: 486
description: One bright spring day in 1925, Gabriela arrives from the poverty-stricken backwoods of Brazil to the lively seaside port of Ilhéus amid a flock of filthy migrant workers. Though wearing rags and covered in dirt, she attracts the attention of Nacib, a cafe owner, who is in desperate need of a new cook. So dire is his situation that he hires the disheveled girl. The savvy young woman quickly proves to be an excellent chef and—once well-scrubbed and decently dressed—an eye-catching beauty. Nacib quickly finds himself the owner of the most prosperous business in town—and the employer of its most sought-after woman.
language: Portuguese
title: Gabriela, cravo e canela
titlecomplete: Gabriela, cravo e canela
characters: Mundhinho Falcao, Ramiro Bastos, Gabriela (Gabriela, clavo y canela), Nacib Saad
genres: Fiction, Brazil, Magical Realism, Latin American, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Portuguese Literature
ratings_count: 8147
places: Ilheus, Brazil
awards: name: Prêmio Machado de Assis, name: Prêmio Paula Brito, name: da antiga Prefeitura do Distrito Federal, name: Prêmio Luísa Cláudia de Sousa, name: Prêmio Carmem Dolores Barbosa, name: da Câmara Brasileira do Livro, name: Prêmio Literário Nacional PEN Clube do Brasil, awardedAt: -347126400000
name: Prêmio Jabuti
category: Romance
publisher: Publicações Europa-América, Mem Martins, Portugal