Tieta

Tieta
First edition
AuthorJorge Amado
Original titleTieta do agreste
TranslatorBarbara Shelby
LanguagePortuguese
PublisherDistribuidora Record
Publication date
1977
Publication placeBrazil
Published in English
1979
ISBN0-380-75477-0

Tieta (Portuguese: Tieta do Agreste, lit. "Tieta from Agreste") is a novel written by the Brazilian author Jorge Amado, published on August 17, 1977. Set in the 1970s, it narrates the return of Tieta to the remote village of Santana do Agreste, 26 years after being beaten and expelled by her father in front of all the town's people.