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.

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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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Jorge Amado notableWork Captains of the Sands