The protagonist of this novel is plagued by a woman called "Ash Wednesday" by her son in law, while her friends include the wife of a hypochondriac shoe store owner and a teacher with an annoying accent.
The protagonist of this novel is plagued by a woman called "Ash Wednesday" by her son in law, while her friends include the wife of a hypochondriac shoe store owner and a teacher with an annoying accent. The number seventeen holds special significance for one of this novel's characters, who showers the protagonist with money after buying her a turquoise necklace. Another character writes a proposal to restrict lovemaking to Wednesdays and Saturdays and, with the amateur orchestra of the Sons of Orpheus, serenades the protagonist by playing "Lullaby to Floripedes" on the bassoon. A whore devoted to the god Oxossi helps the protagonist conjure a character who had died while dancing the samba dressed as a woman with a cassava tuber tied under his skirt, and he appears in the bed now shared with Dr. Teodoro Madureira. Including two recipes taught at the title character's cooking school, this is, for ten points, what novel in which the title character remarries after the death of Vadinho by Jorge Amado.
The protagonist of this novel is plagued by a woman called "Ash Wednesday" by her son in law, while her friends include the wife of a hypochondriac shoe store owner and a teacher with an annoying accent.
{Dona Flor} and Her Two {Husbands}