{"product_id":"the-discovery-of-america-by-the-turks","title":"The Discovery of America by the Turks","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eA newly translated masterwork by the greatest Brazilian novelist of the twentieth century, published for the centennial of his birth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePublished here for the first time in English in a brilliant translation by the peerless Gregory Rabassa, \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of America by the Turks\u003c\/i\u003e is a whimsical Brazilian take on \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e that will remind readers why Jorge Amado is to Portuguese-American literature what Jorge Luis Borges is to Spanish-American literature. It follows the adventures of two Arab immigrants—“Turks,” as Brazilians call them—who arrive in the rough Brazilian frontier in 1903 and become involved in a merchant's farcical attempt to marry off his shrew of a daughter.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47760693919901,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/8783\/5037\/files\/discoveryamericaturks.jpg?v=1774475300","url":"https:\/\/postcardbookshop.com\/products\/the-discovery-of-america-by-the-turks","provider":"Postcard Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}