The Quest

By Jaime sarusky miller

The Quest is Jaime Sarusky Miller's inaugural novel, first published in 1961.The story offers a superb panorama of 1949 Havana, capturing its incandescent atmosphere of music, decay, and hope. Expert characterization, vivid description, and the portrayal of an entire era make this narrative a book rich in surprises, drama, and humor.

The story involves a flutist in a typical Havana dance band circa 1949 who decides he'd rather be playing Mozart than Guaguanc . Told 'a lo Cubano', the tale unravels on the streets, tenements, beaches, and cafes of Havana, and is a realistic, vivid. colorful, humorous, and poignant depiction of life in the Cuban capital during the years prior to the start of the revolution.

"Based on its opening-a quote from Sartre's La Naus e, which a cautious publisher removed from the 1982 edition-the work was branded 'existentialist and decadent, ' terms that carried a negative stigma during the now-distant 1960s." (Ciro Bianchi Ross, La Gaceta, 2005) This volume presents a new annotated translation of the unexpurgated 4th Edition of 2003.

Sarusky Miller was awarded the Alejo Carpentier Prize in 2001, and the National Literature Prize of Cuba in 2004.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H93SPD6N
• ISBN13: 9798256167462
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Eutopianow Books
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"