Captain of the Sleepers - Hardcover

Montero, Mayra; Grossman, Edith

3.61

118 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374118825 ISBN 13: 9780374118822

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2005

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Andres Yasin has held a grudge against J. T. Bunker for half a century, but as Bunker nears the end of his life, he tells his side of this story, delving deeply into the Puerto Rican past and revisiting the Puerto Rican Nationalist Insurrection.

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Review:

Praise for Mayra Montero:
"Deep Purple
"Deceptively sweet...parodic and sneakily menacing..."--Lisa Ziedner, "The New York Book Review
"The Red of his Shadow
"The Red of his Shadow is a powerful and important book...a ripping read, which most books that cut across cultures are not, and the story is seductive and glorious." --Amy Wilentz, "Los Angeles Times Book Review: The Best Books of 2001
"The Messenger
"The Messenger is like having the best seat in the house at the opera: the characters and their tale haunt the reader long after the 'performance' is over." --Julia Alvarez, author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and "YO!
"A literary tour de force...A tale of unforgettable beauty."--"Los Angeles Times
"The Palm of Darkness
"A dazzling, original fugue on love and extinction"--"The New Yorker
Praise for Mayra Montero:
"Deep Purple"
"Deceptively sweet...parodic and sneakily menacing..."--Lisa Ziedner, "The New York Book Review"
"The Red of his Shadow"
"The Red of his Shadow" is a powerful and important book...a ripping read, which most books that cut across cultures are not, and the story is seductive and glorious." --Amy Wilentz, "Los Angeles Times Book Review: The Best Books of 2001"
"The Messenger"
"The Messenger" is like having the best seat in the house at the opera: the characters and their tale haunt the reader long after the 'performance' is over." --Julia Alvarez, author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents "and "YO!"
"A literary tour de force...A tale of unforgettable beauty."--"Los Angeles Times"
"The Palm of Darkness"
"A dazzling, original fugue on love and extinction"--"The New Yorker"
"A wonderful story."--"New York" magazine

"Too engrossing to put down."--"The Nation"

"Excellent . . . A worthy peer of the likes of Mario Vargas Llosa."--"San Francisco Chronicle"

"Her best novel yet . . . Montero--who has a wizard's ability to transfix readers' attention as she peels away successive, deceptive layers of plot and meaning--has never written better than in this increasingly suspenseful tale of divided loyalties and lingering resentment and sorrow."--"Kirkus Reviews""" ""Captain of the Sleepers" is an evocative, haunting story, as fatalistic, moody and inevitable as a Greek tragedy."--"January Magazine"

"Montero artfully choreographs the confluence of family, romantic and revolutionary ardor."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Montero charts the chilling undercurrents of steamy Caribbean life in novels notable for their lyrical intensity and mystery, eroticism and social acumen. . . . A haunting tale of a small pl

"A wonderful story."--"New York" magazine
"Too engrossing to put down."--"The Nation"
"Excellent . . . A worthy peer of the likes of Mario Vargas Llosa."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Her best novel yet . . . Montero--who has a wizard's ability to transfix readers' attention as she peels away successive, deceptive layers of plot and meaning--has never written better than in this increasingly suspenseful tale of divided loyalties and lingering resentment and sorrow."--"Kirkus Reviews""" ""Captain of the Sleepers" is an evocative, haunting story, as fatalistic, moody and inevitable as a Greek tragedy."--"January Magazine"
"Montero artfully choreographs the confluence of family, romantic and revolutionary ardor."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Montero charts the chilling undercurrents of steamy Caribbean life in novels notable for their lyrical intensity and mystery, eroticism and social acumen. . . . A haunting tale of a small place overrun by a superpower an

"A wonderful story."--"New York" magazine

"Too engrossing to put down."--"The Nation"

"Excellent . . . A worthy peer of the likes of Mario Vargas Llosa."--"San Francisco Chronicle"

"Her best novel yet . . . Montero--who has a wizard's ability to transfix readers' attention as she peels away successive, deceptive layers of plot and meaning--has never written better than in this increasingly suspenseful tale of divided loyalties and lingering resentment and sorrow."--"Kirkus Reviews""" ""Captain of the Sleepers" is an evocative, haunting story, as fatalistic, moody and inevitable as a Greek tragedy."--"January Magazine"

"Montero artfully choreographs the confluence of family, romantic and revolutionary ardor."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Montero charts the chilling undercurrents of steamy Caribbean life in novels notable for their lyrical intensity and mystery, eroticism and social acumen. . . . A haunting tale of a small place overrun by a superpower and a small family shattered by big dreams of liberation and love, and the mythic alignment of sex and death."--"Booklist"

"One of the most exciting and interesting writers of the Americas, North and South."--Julia Alvarez

A wonderful story. "New York magazine"

Too engrossing to put down. "The Nation"

Excellent . . . A worthy peer of the likes of Mario Vargas Llosa. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Her best novel yet . . . Montero--who has a wizard's ability to transfix readers' attention as she peels away successive, deceptive layers of plot and meaning--has never written better than in this increasingly suspenseful tale of divided loyalties and lingering resentment and sorrow. "Kirkus Reviews"

"Captain of the Sleepers" is an evocative, haunting story, as fatalistic, moody and inevitable as a Greek tragedy. "January Magazine"

Montero artfully choreographs the confluence of family, romantic and revolutionary ardor. "Publishers Weekly"

Montero charts the chilling undercurrents of steamy Caribbean life in novels notable for their lyrical intensity and mystery, eroticism and social acumen. . . . A haunting tale of a small place overrun by a superpower and a small family shattered by big dreams of liberation and love, and the mythic alignment of sex and death. "Booklist"

One of the most exciting and interesting writers of the Americas, North and South. "Julia Alvarez""

"A wonderful story." --New York magazine

"Too engrossing to put down." --The Nation

"Excellent . . . A worthy peer of the likes of Mario Vargas Llosa." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Her best novel yet . . . Montero--who has a wizard's ability to transfix readers' attention as she peels away successive, deceptive layers of plot and meaning--has never written better than in this increasingly suspenseful tale of divided loyalties and lingering resentment and sorrow." --Kirkus Reviews

"Captain of the Sleepers is an evocative, haunting story, as fatalistic, moody and inevitable as a Greek tragedy." --January Magazine

"Montero artfully choreographs the confluence of family, romantic and revolutionary ardor." --Publishers Weekly

"Montero charts the chilling undercurrents of steamy Caribbean life in novels notable for their lyrical intensity and mystery, eroticism and social acumen. . . . A haunting tale of a small place overrun by a superpower and a small family shattered by big dreams of liberation and love, and the mythic alignment of sex and death." --Booklist

"One of the most exciting and interesting writers of the Americas, North and South." --Julia Alvarez

About the Author:

Mayra Montero is the author of a collection of short stories and seven novels, most of which are available in English. She was born in Cuba and lives in Puerto Rico.

Edith Grossman is the translator of many books by Latin American and Spanish writers. She lives in New York City.

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