The Syrian Nacib Saad seduces his migrant worker cook in a novel about the cacao industry's proliferation in this country.
The protagonist of one novel set in this country resolves to clean the room of her maid but instead finds herself in a Sahara-esque desert. This country's culture of subjecting wives and daughters to "purity exams" is the subject of The Three Marias, written by the first female inductee into its Academy of Letters. A sandbar prevents ocean-going ships from docking in a harbor in another novel set in this country, the setting of The Passion According to G.H. An adaptation of Othello set in this country concerns the possible betrayal of Bento by his wife Capitu. The Syrian Nacib Saad seduces his migrant worker cook in a novel about the cacao industry's proliferation in this country. For 10 points, name this South American country, the setting of Dom Casmurro and Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon, written respectively by Joaquim Machado de Assis and Jorge Amado.
The protagonist of one novel set in this country resolves to clean the room of her maid but instead finds herself in a Sahara-esque desert.
Federative Republic of Brazil [or República Federativa do Brasil]