Resumo de Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands

Her name was Flor (Flower) and she lived in Salvador, Bahia. She was a cook and a cooking teacher. Her husband, Vadinho, was good for nothing, but oh! how they loved each other! He loved her most when he could get some money from her and play in the local casino, or among his friends. His excesses, though, killed him in the midst of a carnaval escapade. Young, alcoholic, romantic, passionate, feverish - his heart gave up and he died of a heart attack. Flor (or Dona Flor, as respectfully treated by the author) started to shrink and her friends became very concerned. She should marry again! So the local pharmacist was selected to be her second husband. The wedding was discrete, but rich in the goodies that Flor knew so well to cook. Married life was structured and scheduled according to the system encompassed by her new husband. His motto was: Everything in its place, and a place for everything. Conjugal life was meticulously and dutifully accomplished. Far away were the days of vibrant and passionate encountersshe knew with Vadinho! Nostalgic of him andthinking obsessively about him, without realizing it shepressed the right button to callhim back from Eternity. There he was, atop the wardrobe, to the dismay of the lady, laughing his lungs off while watchingthe exercises hernew husband was practicing on the mattress.Soon enough, Vadinhostarted to visit her regularly, placing himself inher bed. Therefore, Dona Flor became the wife of two husbands - one, alive and sleepy after having accomplished his duties as husband; the other, dead and very much alert, ready to engage himself in his old practices with the woman he claimed to be the love of his life. Disturbed withwhat she considered to be a betrayal to her second husband, Flor did the unthinkable: tried tohave Vadinho returnedto Eternity.

Jorge Amado skilfully engenders situations that can be eitherinterpreted by the aficcionados of the old African rites of communication with the dead as being real episodes and bypsychologists eager to see in Flor an example of the possibilities of self-suggested experiences, asa non-aggressive way of living a fantasy. For readers in general, the novel is a very entertaining way of getting to know Amado's Bahia, with his ladies who were perfect in the arts of cookery and love making, with his characters always in a good humor and high spirits (no pun intended), in spite of the harshness of their realities.

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