Dona Flor and her two husbands

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Spisovateľ: Amado Jorge
Vydavateľ: Serpentstail
Rok vydania: 1999
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Katalogové číslo: P2120

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Cudzojazyčná / Anglická

It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes-a gambler notorious for never winning--dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her first husband's amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights... v angličtine, brožovaná, menší formát, 555 strán

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Spisovatel: Forbes Colin, William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980
Katalogové číslo: C7390

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The Wreckers of Pengarth

Spisovatel: Gibson Michael, The Children's Press 1949
Katalogové číslo: L4345

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Snow blind

Spisovatel: Sabbag Robert, Canongate 1998
Katalogové číslo: M8120

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