by Antonio Sarabia, Luís Filipe Sarmento · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724131894
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«A Taberna da Índia» is the historical novel by Antonio Sarabia and Luís Filipe Sarmento, published by Edições Asa in paperback (176 pages, in Portuguese).
In Seville in the early years of the Discoveries, two indigenous people arrive as slaves from the Indies: Cristobalillo, a young man from Hispaniola who serves as a page, and a woman sold to a tavern keeper of Triana, famous for her beauty and for bringing good luck. The novel recreates the era and unfolds a parable about the violence of the conquest.
Work originally published in Spanish as «El cielo a dentelladas»; this Portuguese edition appeared in 2003.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Seville during the Discoveries and the impact of the conquest of the Americas.
