Sea of Lentils - Softcover

Benitez-Rojo, Antonio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571194486 ISBN 13: 9780571194483

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2000

Synopsis

More than five hundred years on from Columbus's first voyage to America, the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean is brought to fresh and vivid life in this dazzling novel. Sea of Lentils interweaves four narratives: one explores the ambitions and disappointments of Philip the Second as he lies on his death-bed; another the clandestine origins of the slave trade in the activities of the English merchant-venturer John Hawkins; a third describes the extermination of the French Huguenot colony in Florida - all complemented by the story of a common soldier accompanying Columbus on his second voyage.

About this title

About the Author:

Antonio Benitez-Rojo was director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the Casa de las Americas in Cuba (i.e. a senior literary figure under Castro) before defecting to the USA in 1980. He currently teaches Latin-American and Caribbean literature at Amherst College. He has published fiction and criticism.

Synopsis:

Interweaving four narratives, this novel explores the ambitions and disappointments of Philip II as he lies on his deathbed, the clandestine origins of the slave trade, the extermination of the French Huguenot colony in Florida, and the experiences of a common soldier on Columbus's second voyage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0571194486
• ISBN 13: 9780571194483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208