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Explosion In A Cathedral - Softcover

Carpentier, Alejo

 
9780816638086: Explosion In A Cathedral
Softcover
ISBN 10: 081663808X ISBN 13: 9780816638086
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2001

Synopsis

A swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean at the time of the French Revolution, Explosion in a Cathedral focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who led the naval assault to take back the island of Guadeloupe from the English at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In Carpentier's telling, this piratical character walks into the lives of the wealthy orphans Esteban and Sofia and casts them abruptly into the midst of the immense changes sweeping the world outside their Havana mansion.

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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.

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Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
081663808X
ISBN 13 
9780816638086
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
360