 First edition | |
| Author | Jorge Amado |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mar morto |
| Translator | Gregory Rabassa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Publisher | Livraria Jose Olympico Editora |
Publication date | 1936 |
| Publication place | Brazil |
Published in English | 1984 (Avon Books) |
| ISBN | 0-380-75478-9 |
Sea of Death (Portuguese: Mar Morto) is a Brazilian Modernist novel written by Jorge Amado. Amado wrote the novel in response to his first arrest for "being a communist". The novel follows the lives of poor sailors around Bahia, and their relationship with the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, especially the sea goddess Iemanjá. The novel's style and themes include many traits that characterize Amado's later work.