Tieta (1996)

Tieta (Portuguese: Tieta do Agreste, lit. "Tieta from Agreste") is a melodrama novel written by Brazilian author Jorge Amado, published on August 17, 1977. Set in the 1970s, it narrates the return of Tieta to the remote village of Santana do Agreste, 26 years after being beaten and expelled by her father in front of all the town's people.

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