Subiaurt Gilberto (1 results)
Published by Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones VigiÌa, 1988
- Softcover
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Softcover. Condition: Near fine. One of 200 copies. 16mo. 7pp. Illustrations by JoseÌ Miguel Oliva show the contemplative protagonist, at once bored, strained, isolated, and poetic - an allegorical figure for Cuba as it was in the 1980s. His ponderings over the French Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Bible emblemati…ze the differing threads weaving together the peculiar politics of the ordinary Cuban citizen. The chapbook format recalls those of earlier eras, with short stories and simple illustrations in order to reach as many readers as possible. This is among the earliest of the Press's publications, made while it was working under a socialist program and with relative political freedom. Subiaurt was an actor and playwright who adopted a Brechtian approach to drama, and here to prose. Bound in illustrated, hand-colored wrappers tied with twine. Expected bumps but still crisp and near fine. Scarce, with only three institutional holdings.