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A Fragrância da Flor do Café
Uma intensa história de amor ambientada no Brasil Colonial.
Vitória ambiciona mais, muito mais. Vita, como toda a gente lhe chama, é filha de um dos mais ricos «barões do café». Possui uma beleza extraordinária, é inteligente, habilidosa nos negócios, com uma personalidade forte e independente, é já considerada o melhor partido do vale.
Brasil, ano 1884. No vale do rio Paraíba, os latifundiários e as suas famílias têm uma vida luxuosa e despojada de preocupações graças ao trabalho dos seus escravos nas plantações de café. Quando Vita conhece Leão Castro, um jornalista muito atraente e enigmático, a sua vida muda completamente. Leão é abolicionista e luta fervorosamente contra a escravatura e, como tal, contra os interesses da família de Vita. Apesar destas divergências intransponíveis, os dois apaixonam-se perdidamente. Desde o início que o amor dos dois jovens está marcado por desencontros. Uma e outra vez os caminhos de Vita e Leão cruzam-se e separam, mas nem o tempo, nem as voltas do destino podem com a sua paixão.
Perante a transformação do paradisíaco vale do rio Paraíba e do pitoresco empório do Rio de Janeiro, da época dourada das plantações de café e da sua ruína depois da abolição da escravatura, têm lugar a saga de uma família de fazendeiros e a história de um grande amor.
A Fragrância da Flor do Café é um romance tão delicioso como o aroma do café acabado de moer: sensual e cheio de força, excitante e agridoce.
Vitória ambiciona mais, muito mais. Vita, como toda a gente lhe chama, é filha de um dos mais ricos «barões do café». Possui uma beleza extraordinária, é inteligente, habilidosa nos negócios, com uma personalidade forte e independente, é já considerada o melhor partido do vale.
Brasil, ano 1884. No vale do rio Paraíba, os latifundiários e as suas famílias têm uma vida luxuosa e despojada de preocupações graças ao trabalho dos seus escravos nas plantações de café. Quando Vita conhece Leão Castro, um jornalista muito atraente e enigmático, a sua vida muda completamente. Leão é abolicionista e luta fervorosamente contra a escravatura e, como tal, contra os interesses da família de Vita. Apesar destas divergências intransponíveis, os dois apaixonam-se perdidamente. Desde o início que o amor dos dois jovens está marcado por desencontros. Uma e outra vez os caminhos de Vita e Leão cruzam-se e separam, mas nem o tempo, nem as voltas do destino podem com a sua paixão.
Perante a transformação do paradisíaco vale do rio Paraíba e do pitoresco empório do Rio de Janeiro, da época dourada das plantações de café e da sua ruína depois da abolição da escravatura, têm lugar a saga de uma família de fazendeiros e a história de um grande amor.
A Fragrância da Flor do Café é um romance tão delicioso como o aroma do café acabado de moer: sensual e cheio de força, excitante e agridoce.
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First published January 1, 2006
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June 17, 2019
buena historia. al inicio me estaba costando el tipo de lenguaje ya que tenía ciertas formas de decir algunas palabras. interesante la referencia histórica en Brasil, y cómo se vivía la esclavitud en las zonas rurales. a pesar de eso, se nota marcado a leguas el cliché del sexo, el amor instantáneo y los malentendidos. aún así me llegó a atrapar, aunque había pedazos en los que deseaba que se terminara ya. sirve también para conocer (aunque de forma novelada) un poco sobre aquellos tiempos en Brasil. También disfruté la mención del café y su proceso.
January 22, 2019
Um livro passado no tempo dos barões do café, que apanha o final da escravatura no Brasil, assim como o final da monarquia. Nunca tinha lido nada sobre este tema e gostei muito, embora o livro seja um pouco longo e detalhado demais. A personagem principal também me irritou um bocado, não consegui sentir empatia. De resto, muito bom, relata ao pormenor o Rio de Janeiro e arredores naquela época.
May 4, 2014
Die ersten 200 Seiten waren gut und dann ging es Bergab. Insgesamt ein Durcheinander!
July 2, 2025
Schöne Schnulze.
Genau das richtige für den Strand und heißen Sommernächten mit einem Aperol im Gesicht.
Man muss nicht viel denken beim Lesen.
Genau das richtige für den Strand und heißen Sommernächten mit einem Aperol im Gesicht.
Man muss nicht viel denken beim Lesen.
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January 1, 2024
Veloso stellt so viele Charaktere vor - obwohl man zuerst den Eindruck gewinnt, dass die Protagonisten eher Leon und Vita sind und deren Liebesgeschichte der Mittelpunkt ist - nur um diese Charaktere dann auf > 600 Seiten durchgängig oberflächlich zu behandeln. Ich habe kaum Anteil am Leben all dieser Menschen genommen.
Was Veloso gut kann: Landschaftsbeschreibungen und Informationen zum geschichtlichen Setting geben. Die Geschichte an sich, das Setting und die Konflikte im Buch haben so viel Potenzial! Es war wirklich interessant, so viel über Brasilien zu lernen!
Aber die Umsetzung ist nicht fesselnd und alles plätschert so vor sich hin.
Leon steigt gesellschaftlich auf? Aha.
Vita macht Geld an der Börse? Cool.
Der ehemalige Sklave Felix baut sich ein freies Leben auf? Ui.
Und all das KÖNNTE so spannend zu lesen sein. Aber ist es nicht. Nach ca. 200 Seiten des Romans ist die Luft raus. Wenn man so viele Themen anschneidet (siehe die drei Beispiele oben) und diese so oberflächlich abhandelt, dann erwarte ich wenigstens mehr bzgl. der Gefühlsleben und der charakterlichen Entwicklung der Personen. Aber da ist nichts und es passiert keine große Entwicklung. Daher ist alles eher zäh und uninteressant.
Irgendwann ist man als Leser auch nur noch wütend - und zwar auf Vita, weil diese Frau nicht in der Lage ist, ihren Mund aufzumachen und über ihr Gefühlsleben zu sprechen und den schwelenden Ehekonflikt anzusprechen anstatt passiv aggressive „Gespräche“ zu führen. (Auf Leon ist man deswegen auch wütend. Der schafft das auch nicht.)
Am Schluss des Buches wird der riesige ca. 600-Seiten-Konflikt auf 3 Seiten beendet… so, als ob plötzlich das Ende her musste, weil das Seitenlimit erreicht wurde. Auch das Ende ist daher sehr flach, unglaubwürdig und unbefriedigend.
Was Veloso gut kann: Landschaftsbeschreibungen und Informationen zum geschichtlichen Setting geben. Die Geschichte an sich, das Setting und die Konflikte im Buch haben so viel Potenzial! Es war wirklich interessant, so viel über Brasilien zu lernen!
Aber die Umsetzung ist nicht fesselnd und alles plätschert so vor sich hin.
Leon steigt gesellschaftlich auf? Aha.
Vita macht Geld an der Börse? Cool.
Der ehemalige Sklave Felix baut sich ein freies Leben auf? Ui.
Und all das KÖNNTE so spannend zu lesen sein. Aber ist es nicht. Nach ca. 200 Seiten des Romans ist die Luft raus. Wenn man so viele Themen anschneidet (siehe die drei Beispiele oben) und diese so oberflächlich abhandelt, dann erwarte ich wenigstens mehr bzgl. der Gefühlsleben und der charakterlichen Entwicklung der Personen. Aber da ist nichts und es passiert keine große Entwicklung. Daher ist alles eher zäh und uninteressant.
Irgendwann ist man als Leser auch nur noch wütend - und zwar auf Vita, weil diese Frau nicht in der Lage ist, ihren Mund aufzumachen und über ihr Gefühlsleben zu sprechen und den schwelenden Ehekonflikt anzusprechen anstatt passiv aggressive „Gespräche“ zu führen. (Auf Leon ist man deswegen auch wütend. Der schafft das auch nicht.)
Am Schluss des Buches wird der riesige ca. 600-Seiten-Konflikt auf 3 Seiten beendet… so, als ob plötzlich das Ende her musste, weil das Seitenlimit erreicht wurde. Auch das Ende ist daher sehr flach, unglaubwürdig und unbefriedigend.
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December 21, 2025
Przeczytałam opis, potem pierwsze 100 stron książki - aha, już wiem jak to się skończy. Czytałam dalej z pewnym zażenowaniem aż nagle historia zaczęła mnie zaskakiwać - pierwszy, drugi i kolejny raz. To mogła być cukierkowo słodka opowieść, ale całe szczęście taka nie była.
Oprócz wielowątkowej opowieści, bardzo spodobało mi się tło historyczne a także wielowarstwowe przedstawienie nastrojów społecznych w Brazylii w XIXw. Zdecydowanie pobudziło to moją ciekawość, zaczęłam doszukiwać się więcej, bo to niesamowita historia , Brazylia to ostatni kraj latynoski, w którym zniesiono niewolnictwo. To również jedyny kraj po tamtej stronie świata, który miał swojego własnego, co prawda jednego, ale wciąż króla. Ciekawe jest również to, że po abolicji rozpoczęła się pierwsza wielka fala migracyjna Polaków do Brazylii.
Oprócz wielowątkowej opowieści, bardzo spodobało mi się tło historyczne a także wielowarstwowe przedstawienie nastrojów społecznych w Brazylii w XIXw. Zdecydowanie pobudziło to moją ciekawość, zaczęłam doszukiwać się więcej, bo to niesamowita historia , Brazylia to ostatni kraj latynoski, w którym zniesiono niewolnictwo. To również jedyny kraj po tamtej stronie świata, który miał swojego własnego, co prawda jednego, ale wciąż króla. Ciekawe jest również to, że po abolicji rozpoczęła się pierwsza wielka fala migracyjna Polaków do Brazylii.
June 23, 2025
Una historia ambientada en lo más profundo de un Brasil esclavista, en donde el amor y las lealtades se van fraguando con la misma intensidad de las luchas abolicionistas. Una narración costumbrista que te traslada al siglo XIX entre valles y mansiones señoriales.
Novela entretenida de principio a fin.
Novela entretenida de principio a fin.
December 16, 2021
Tremendo libro, emotivo, ágil, adictivo, apasionado. Me encantó ver en el al Brasil del siglo XIX con ecos de esclavitud, abriéndose a los avances tecnológicos. Me enamoré de su heroina Vitoria una mujer de avanzada, hermosa. Si tengo una hija le pondré así en honor al personaje.
November 28, 2023
Der Anfang war gut, der historische Hintergrund interessant, jedoch waren die beiden Hauptkaratere nicht glaubhaft, und das Ende absolut unrealistisch und sogar lächerlich.
September 9, 2009
This book was a gift from someone special, so it was a pity I did not liked the book as much as I wanted. The Portuguese summary seemed quite interesting, promising to tell of "the golden age of coffee plantations and their ruin after the abolition of slavery" and "the story of a great love." While the first part was done with some success, the second not so.
Maybe I should start by saying I read it in Portuguese and despite the author's name sounding Portuguese, the book was originally published in German but the Portuguese translation is made from a Spanish edition. I don't know if it was because all this, which makes the text come to us by a third hand, but there was something in the writing that I did not enjoyed. Sometimes the language seemed a bit childish, there were times when the language seemed somewhat forced, and I never could quite understand if they tried to "sweeten" the Portuguese to sound a bit more like Brazilian. As I said, there was something in writing which I didn't enjoyed, which meant that reading was not as smooth as I expected.
The story itself also wasn't that appealing, as though it is a book of considerable size (though I've read bigger volumes, like those be Diana Gabaldon), the relationships between the characters are not exploited, being the most notable case, that of the protagonists. The relationship seems to be born from nothing: at one time they don't know each other and then they love each other madly. One never gets to see what seduced them, if the intelligence, the spirit or the sensuality of both. I lean more towards the latter because there doesn't seem to be so many disagreements, as it was said in the summary of the edition I read, but a misunderstanding and a tremendous bipolarity of the two characters who can't seem to decide if they like each other or not, unless when they go to bed... The romance is boring and the least interesting part of the book, while the historical context is more appealing, even if addressed superficially. Even so I enjoyed reading about the large plantations, about the abolition of slavery, what came of that and may have persisted in time, since it seems to come from this time the problem of the "favelas".
It had a good premise that unfortunately is not fully realized. Yet it might be interesting to know more about this time in the history of Brazil which, again, I didn't knew very well because it wasn't much explored in history lessons.
Maybe I should start by saying I read it in Portuguese and despite the author's name sounding Portuguese, the book was originally published in German but the Portuguese translation is made from a Spanish edition. I don't know if it was because all this, which makes the text come to us by a third hand, but there was something in the writing that I did not enjoyed. Sometimes the language seemed a bit childish, there were times when the language seemed somewhat forced, and I never could quite understand if they tried to "sweeten" the Portuguese to sound a bit more like Brazilian. As I said, there was something in writing which I didn't enjoyed, which meant that reading was not as smooth as I expected.
The story itself also wasn't that appealing, as though it is a book of considerable size (though I've read bigger volumes, like those be Diana Gabaldon), the relationships between the characters are not exploited, being the most notable case, that of the protagonists. The relationship seems to be born from nothing: at one time they don't know each other and then they love each other madly. One never gets to see what seduced them, if the intelligence, the spirit or the sensuality of both. I lean more towards the latter because there doesn't seem to be so many disagreements, as it was said in the summary of the edition I read, but a misunderstanding and a tremendous bipolarity of the two characters who can't seem to decide if they like each other or not, unless when they go to bed... The romance is boring and the least interesting part of the book, while the historical context is more appealing, even if addressed superficially. Even so I enjoyed reading about the large plantations, about the abolition of slavery, what came of that and may have persisted in time, since it seems to come from this time the problem of the "favelas".
It had a good premise that unfortunately is not fully realized. Yet it might be interesting to know more about this time in the history of Brazil which, again, I didn't knew very well because it wasn't much explored in history lessons.
September 7, 2014
O ponto positivo: o livro não é chato. Eu li as milhões de páginas quase sem pular (só dei uma apressada nas cenas de sexo), e em pouco tempo. Ele entretém.
O(s) Ponto(s) Negativo(s): Quase tudo que dá pra se fazer de errado num livro foi feito nesse. O ritmo é maluco, a caracterização vai e volta, cenas que deveriam ser detalhadas são cortadas, cenas que deveriam ser cortadas levam cinco páginas... e não tem um personagem que não seja odioso. Até uma menininha de dois anos é odiosa. Até um bebê de meses é odioso. Isso é uma proeza.
Talvez um pouco disso seja efeito da tradução pra português, mas sei lá. Duas estrelas. Talvez duas e meia.
O(s) Ponto(s) Negativo(s): Quase tudo que dá pra se fazer de errado num livro foi feito nesse. O ritmo é maluco, a caracterização vai e volta, cenas que deveriam ser detalhadas são cortadas, cenas que deveriam ser cortadas levam cinco páginas... e não tem um personagem que não seja odioso. Até uma menininha de dois anos é odiosa. Até um bebê de meses é odioso. Isso é uma proeza.
Talvez um pouco disso seja efeito da tradução pra português, mas sei lá. Duas estrelas. Talvez duas e meia.
May 16, 2011
A watered down brazilian " Gone With the Wind" with exquisite descriptions of Brazil coffee plantations. Unfortunately,the characters were not that likable and I never felt any empathy for any of them....
January 1, 2013
É um livro que entretêm mas que tem muito por onde melhorar, gostei da descrição do Brasil no final da escravatura...
It's a book enjoyble enought but could have been better written, Like the end of slavery part...
It's a book enjoyble enought but could have been better written, Like the end of slavery part...
July 31, 2011
a nice roman
September 27, 2022
Es Un Libro con una trama muy buena, me encanta que además de contener Romance , hable sobre la abolición a la Esclavitud, Aún no lo termino pero esta bastante interesante.
April 22, 2017
Normally I don´t like romantic books, but because I´m a bit weak for family stories, I also liked this one. Brazil is not familiar for me, so it was interesting to read about life there in 1880´s.
There were quite many characters in the book and the author could have left some of them out. On the other hand, the best thing with this book was the drama between people, especially during the last 200-300 pages.
There were quite many characters in the book and the author could have left some of them out. On the other hand, the best thing with this book was the drama between people, especially during the last 200-300 pages.
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