The Lost Steps

The first new English translation in more than sixty years;of the best-known book by the most important Cuban novelist of the twentieth century, about a composer who flees his stultifying life in New York City for the freedom of the South American wilderness--featuring a new introduction by Leonardo Padura A Penguin Classic A composer, fleeing an empty existence in New York City, takes a journey with his mistress to one of the few remaining areas of the world not yet touched by civilization--the upper reaches of a great South American river.

Product details

• Authors: Alejo Carpentier, Carpentier Alejo, Leonardo Padura, Adrian Nathan West
• Assisted by: Leonardo Padura (Introduction), Padura Leonardo (Introduction), Adrian Nathan West (Translation), West Adrian Nathan (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2023
• EAN: 9780143133896
• ISBN: 978-0-14-313389-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York City, South America, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino, Magical Realism