Initials of the Earth - A Novel of the Cuban Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Jesús Díaz (1941–2002) was a prominent Cuban writer, filmmaker, and intellectual. His novels include Las cuatro fugas de Manuel, Dime algo sobre Cuba, and Las palabras perdidas. He wrote screenplays and directed movies, including Lejanía and Polvo rojo. Díaz was the founder of the influential cultural magazine Encuentro, which publishes the work of Cuban writers on the island and in exile. Klappentext A translation from the Spanish of Jesus Diaz' masterful novel of the Cuban revolution. Zusammenfassung Considered by many the quintessential novel of the Cuban Revolution, this is the first book by the Cuban writer and filmmaker Jesús Díaz (1941–2002) to appear in English. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Initials of the Earth by Jesus Diaz 3 Epilogue / Ambrosio Fornet 371 Afterword / Kathleen Ross 395 Notes 401 Glossary 425 Bibliography 429 Foreword / Fredric Jameson xi Translator’s Preface / Kathleen Ross xvii Brief Chronology of Events in Cuba, 1942–75 xxi

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Diaz, Jesus Diaz, Jesús Díaz, Jesus Diaz, Kathleen Ross
• Mitarbeit: Kathleen Ross (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.10.2006
• EAN: 9780822338444
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3844-4
• Seiten: 456
• Serien: Latin America in Translation; Latin America in Translation/E; Latin America in Translation; Latin America in Translation/E
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur