Cuba and the tempest : literature & cinema in the time of diaspora / Eduardo Gonzalez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González, Eduardo, 1943-

Series:

Envisioning Cuba.

Envisioning Cuba

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Cuban literature.

Exiles' writings, Cuban--History and criticism.

Exiles' writings, Cuban.

Cabrera Infante, G. (Guillermo), 1929-2005--Criticism and interpretation.

Cabrera Infante, G.

Benítez Rojo, Antonio, 1931-2005--Criticism and interpretation.

Benítez Rojo, Antonio.

Padura, Leonardo--Criticism and interpretation.

Padura, Leonardo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering an analysis of Cuban literature inside and outside the country's borders, this book looks at the work of three important contemporary Cuban authors: Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005) and Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-2005), who left Cuba, and Leonardo Padura Fuentes (b. 1955), who still lives and writes in Cuba.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Life after Cuba; part one: THE STAR HUSBAND; one: The Sybil's Voice (Overture); two: Weariness of Work Inextricable (Folktale); three: A Fallen-from-Use Path Taken on the Outskirts of Town (Cartesian Miracle); four: Talking about Beauty and the Beast, She's Both (Crime Scene); part two: NO WEDDING WITHOUT FUNERAL; five: Antonio's Island (The Long Goodbye); six: The Ugly Duchess (Cartoon Odyssey); seven: Amazon I: (Psycho-Analysis); eight: Amazon II: (Vertigo); nine: Orpheus in Vegas (Tabloid); ten: Home Alone

part three: CUBAN AFTERLIVESeleven: Romantic Penmanship: Friedrich Nietzsche and José Martí in Brotherly Fashion; twelve: 1989: The Year That Never Was; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.

ISBN:

9798890880451

9780807877135

0807877131

OCLC:

476236740