"AMADO HAS PROFOUND THINGS TO SAY." The New Yorker Set in Amado's lush Bahia, Brazil, in the early 1930s, SEA OF DEATH tells the story of Guma and Livia, lovers whose triumphs and tribulations mirror the dark imperatives of the world around them. "The men from dock~ide only haveone path in life," Amado writes, "the path of the sea. They follow it, it's their fate. The sea owns ali of them." Here in SEA OF DEATH are the sea's unconquerable mysteries and the robust yearnings of seafaring men - a world of storms and smugglers, of reckless passion and star-crossed love. "Amado's.strange and wonderful characters ... his humanism, and his considerable powers of description result in a richness and warmth that are impossible to resist." Washington Post
