Cuba and the Tempest: Literature and Cinema in the Time of Diaspora

by Eduardo González

Book Overview

In a unique analysis of Cuban literature inside and outside the country's borders, Eduardo Gonzalez looks closely at the work of three of the most important contemporary Cuban authors to write in the post-1959 diaspora: Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005), who left Cuba for good in 1965 and established himself in London; Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-2005), who settled in the United States; and Leonardo Padura Fuentes (b. 1955), who still lives and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856835
• ISBN13: 9780807856833
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"