Explosion in a Cathedral (Modern Classics) - Softcover

Carpentier, Alejo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014003370X ISBN 13: 9780140033700

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1972

Synopsis

Set in Cuba at the time of the French Revolution, this novel aims to capture the immense changes sweeping the Caribbean at the turn of the 19th century - complete with its wars, sea-life and people. The author - who was amongst the first to use "magic realism" - has also written "The Chase".

About this title

About the Author:

Carpentier was a novelist, classically trained pianist and musicologist, aproducer of avant-garde radio programming, and an influential theorist of politics and literature.

John Sturrock is a literary journalist, sometime deputy editor of the "Times Literary Supplement," and consulting editor on the "London Review of Books," He has written widely on French literature, and is an accomplished translator.

Timothy Brennan is Associate Professor of English at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 014003370X
• ISBN 13: 9780140033700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368