{"product_id":"showdown-9780553346664","title":"Showdown","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic Brazilian \"Western\" full of romance and adventure, violence and courage, and peopled with wonderfully earthy characters from the legendary author's childhood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Set in Bahia at the turn of the century, \u003ci\u003eShowdown\u003c\/i\u003e is brimming with the gunmen, fugitives, prostitutes and other characters who settled that sunbaked northeastern state.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Jorge] Amado has returned to some of his earliest, most radical concerns, confronting Brazilian society, memory, and mythmaking, and aiming to show, by anecdote, how the Brazil of the modernizing present has buried its (criminal) past.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Brazil  Amado] writes about in \u003ci\u003eShowdown\u003c\/i\u003e shares many of the traditions of the American frontier, and that is something Americans can relate to.\"\u003cb\u003e--Linda Grey, former Bantam president and publisher\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShowdown\u003c\/i\u003e is a combination of the old Amado, who wrote Bahian historical novels, and the new Amado, with the spirit of \u003ci\u003eGabriela\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gregory Rabassa, National Book Award-winning translator of \u003ci\u003eShowdown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553346664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.06w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/1988\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jorge Amado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138464821429,"sku":"9780553346664","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_64eba8b0-6c07-4f71-9023-f19acde21eee.jpg?v=1622516081","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/showdown-9780553346664","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}