Shepherds of the Night (Portuguese: Os Pastores da Noite) is a Brazilian novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1964 and published in English in 1967.
Shepherds of the Night is really three long, interrelated short stories, sharing many of the same characters as well as bringing in characters from earlier novels by Amado. The three stories concern the marriage of a playboy to a former prostitute; a Christening where the apparent godparents are actually stand-ins for the African gods in Bahia's syncretic religious culture; and the appropriation of land by the poor and their battles with the government to stay on the land. Amado tells all three with love of the people he is describing.[1]
The second part of the novel, Ogum's Compadre, was adapted for a 1995 TV special on the Brazilian TV channel, Rede Globo, after which it was published as a book in its own right. In December 2002, Globo TV ran a four-episode TV version of Shepherds of the Night.[2] The novel had earlier been adapted for film in 1975 by the French director Marcel Camus, appearing as Otalia de Bahia.
Referencesedit
^"Jorge Amado: Os pastores da noite (Shepherds of the Night)". The Modern Novel.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^Ventura, Zuenir. "Shepherds of the Night - Afterword". JorgeAmado.com. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
shepherds, night, portuguese, pastores, noite, brazilian, novel, written, jorge, amado, 1964, published, english, 1967, first, editionauthorjorge, amadooriginal, titleos, pastores, noitetranslatorharriet, oniscountrybrazillanguageportuguesepublisherlivraria, m. Shepherds of the Night Portuguese Os Pastores da Noite is a Brazilian novel It was written by Jorge Amado in 1964 and published in English in 1967 Shepherds of the NightFirst editionAuthorJorge AmadoOriginal titleOs Pastores da NoiteTranslatorHarriet De OnisCountryBrazilLanguagePortuguesePublisherLivraria Martins EditoraPublication date1964Published in English1967 Alfred Knopf ISBN978 0380754717Shepherds of the Night is really three long interrelated short stories sharing many of the same characters as well as bringing in characters from earlier novels by Amado The three stories concern the marriage of a playboy to a former prostitute a Christening where the apparent godparents are actually stand ins for the African gods in Bahia s syncretic religious culture and the appropriation of land by the poor and their battles with the government to stay on the land Amado tells all three with love of the people he is describing 1 The second part of the novel Ogum s Compadre was adapted for a 1995 TV special on the Brazilian TV channel Rede Globo after which it was published as a book in its own right In December 2002 Globo TV ran a four episode TV version of Shepherds of the Night 2 The novel had earlier been adapted for film in 1975 by the French director Marcel Camus appearing as Otalia de Bahia References edit Jorge Amado Os pastores da noite Shepherds of the Night The Modern Novel com Retrieved 5 January 2015 Ventura Zuenir Shepherds of the Night Afterword JorgeAmado com Retrieved 5 January 2015 This article about Brazilian literature is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a 1960s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shepherds of the Night amp oldid 1069921773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
