Explosion in a cathedral

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**“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of Books

One of Cuba’s—and Latin America’s—greatest historical novels, about imperial conquest carried out under the guise of liberation, in its first new English translation in sixty years and featuring a new foreword by Alejandro Zambra

A Penguin Classic**

When he arrives in Cuba at the close of the eighteenth century, Victor Hugues, a merchant sailor from Marseille, brings with him not only the idealism of the French Revolution but also its ambition and bloodlust. Landing at the Havana doorstep of a trio of wealthy, eccentric Creole orphans, he sweeps them across the Caribbean Sea to Guadeloupe, whose enslaved Africans he frees only then to exploit them in his fight against the British for colonial sovereignty. What ensues in Alejo Carpentier’s swashbuckling, magical realist masterpiece is an explosive clash between the New World and the Old World, and between revolutionary ideals and the corrupting allure of power.

For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Explosion in a Cathedral

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One of cuba s and latin america s greatest historical novels about imperial conquest carried out under the guise of liberation in its first new english translation in sixty years and featuring a new foreword by alejandro zambraa penguin classic when he arrives in cuba at the close of the eight Uiterlijk 30 november in huis .. MEER INFO

The Lost Steps

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if carpentier is ever to get a new reading in english it should be now west s translations reintroduce english language readers to this giant of latin american fiction natasha wimmer the new york review of books the best known book by cuba s most important twentieth ce Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Interesting Narrative

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Recounts the kidnapping of the author in africa aged ten his service as a slave of an officer in the british navy for ten years and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766 growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti slavery movement in britain this autobiography presents a tal Uiterlijk 30 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 september 2023

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

Hoofdauteur: Alejo Carpentier

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Classics

Eerste Vertaler: Adrian Nathan West

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EAN: 9780525505679

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