Classic Final (Jorge Amado)

Mar Morto by Jorge Amado

Dona Dulce also looked out from the window of the school. She saw a strong woman who was fighting. That fight was her miracle. She started to feel fulfilled. On the docks the sailors Iemenjá, the one with five names. Old Francisco shouted, it was the second time that he had seen her. That’s what they say down by the docks.

This is the ending of Mar Morto (“Dead Sea”; published English translation called “Sea of Death”), published in 1936 by Jorge Amado, one of the most translated Brazilian writers of all time.