{"product_id":"tocaia-grande","title":"Tocaia Grande توكايا غراندي (الوجه المظلم)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslated to Arabic, Tocaia Grande (The Great Ambush, or Showdown), first published in 1984.  By Jorge Amado (1912-2001), this is a Brazilian Modernist novel dealing with the foundation of a community.  It deals with the growth of the community, petty criminals, runaway servants, drifters, and conflicts between landowners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel deals with the foundation of a community (the Tocaia Grande of the title, meaning 'great ambuscade' in Portuguese), in a fertile area surrounded by large cocoa fazendas owned by 'coronel' Boaventura. The ambush was held in the same place by Natario de Fonseca, a jagunco at the service of Boaventura, against the latter's enemies; in reward, Natario is given a small cocoa plantation near the hamlet, and subsequently helps the variegate Tocaia Grande community to grow, until it reaches the status of a town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other main characters of the novel are a Lebanese immigrant, Fadul, who owns the main store of Tocaia Grande and is celebrated for his will and physical strength; Castor de Abduim, a beautiful black hammersmith, whose companion, Diva, is killed by cholera; Bernarda, a young prostitute who becomes Natario's lover; and a group farmers from Sergipe, whose arrive starts a colourful mixing between their traditions with the Bahian ones of the first Tocaia Grande's inhabitants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJorge Amado de Faria was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eجورجي أمادو (1912-2001) من أهم كتاب الأدب البرازيلي. ترجمت أعماله إلى حوالى خمسين لغة.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arab Scientific Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67712574292288,"sku":"10559","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/6664\/7616\/files\/tocaia-grande-109_a1d17a90-8f9d-4063-a1b0-efb0bcf37bc3.jpg?v=1791355458","url":"https:\/\/jarirbooksusa.com\/products\/tocaia-grande","provider":"Jarir Books USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}