In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

Let me give you an example: In one work this author details the life of a tomb-maker who makes extra money by playing the organ at an insane asylum, while another of his novels sees Swartz give a refugee proper documentation only after he tells him his life story in the title Portuguese city. In addition to The Black Obelisk and The Night in Lisbon, he also wrote about Robert and Otto selling their auto workshop and visiting Patrice in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium in his novel The Three Comrades, while the turbulent life of the German surgeon Ravic is told in The Arch of Triumph. Another of his novels, The Road Back, is thought to be a sequel to his most famous book, in which the patriotic teacher Kantorek convinces Paul Bumer and his friends to join the Germany Army during World War I. For 10 points, name this German author who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front.
The answer to this example can be: Literature
Here is why: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.

OK. solve this:
Characters in this novel often discuss politics at the Model Stationary Store, and one party is known for holding Sunday tea dances. This work open with a poem in which a character forsakes roses, diamond earrings, and verses of Teodoro in favor of the Emperor's black beard, and each of this novel's four sections is prefaced with a poem about one of the town's four heroines. Colonel Jesuino Mendonca murders his wife Sinhazinha and her lover, the dentist Osmundo Pimentel, while Professor Josue publicly recites a poem for his love for Gloria. One character in this novel is an engineer who is hired to remove a sandbar and who has an affair with Malvina, the daughter of Melk Tavares, while the politician Ramiro Bastos is opposed by the progressive Mundinho Falcao. The title character of this novel is from the backlands and eventually marries the Syrian owner of the Vesuvius Bar, whom she impresses with her cooking and love making skills. Set in the city of Ilheus, for 10 points, identify this novel about the title girl's relationship with Nacib Saad, a work by Jorge Amado.
Answer:
Literature