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. One bright spring day in 1925, Gabriela arrives from the poverty-stricken backwoods of Brazil to the lively seaside port of IlhEus 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.
title: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
titlecomplete: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
characters: Nacib Saad, Mundhinho Falcao, Ramiro Bastos, Gabriela (Gabriela, clavo y canela)
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Latin American, Classics, Brazil, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels, 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: Bt Bound