On a tropical island near the old capital Salvador da Bahia, in the colonial heart of the vast country, temperaments and worlds collide for three centuries: indigenous tribes, European adventurers, black whalers, sugarcane barons, slaves, saints, and the powerful gods of Africa. In the midst of this, a delicate relationship develops between the young Maria da Fé, who fights underground for the abolition of slavery, and her adversary, the rough commander Patrício Macário. But can two people who fight each other so passionately truly love? João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazil's most significant and popular writer, unfolds a lush, immense panorama before our eyes. "Brazil, Brazil" tells the stories of people, their deeds and misdeeds, their passions and calculations, and reveals all the forces at play.