Captains of the Sands
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Captains of the Sands is a celebrated Brazilian novel by Jorge Amado that portrays the lives of a gang of street children struggling to survive in the city of Salvador.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captains of the Sands canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
exploitation of children
ⓘ
inequality in Brazilian society ⓘ relationship between crime and poverty ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Amado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | social criticism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
classic of Brazilian literature
ⓘ
widely read in Brazil ⓘ |
| depicts |
child homelessness
ⓘ
solidarity among the poor ⓘ urban violence ⓘ |
| focusesOn | daily struggles of abandoned children ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptation
ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Brazilian modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | celebrated Brazilian novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacterGroup | gang of street children ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
childhood
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ marginalization ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ street children ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Dora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gato NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro Bala NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor ⓘ Sem-Pernas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Capitães da Areia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Jorge Amado's early novels ⓘ |
| portrays |
life in the slums of Salvador
ⓘ
street gangs of children ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Salvador, Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | continuous narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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