Díaz / Jesus Diaz The Initials of the Earth

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8821-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 456 Seiten

Reihe: Latin America in Translation

Considered by many the quintessential novel of the Cuban Revolution, this is the first book by the Cuban writer and filmmaker Jesús Díaz (1941–2002) to appear in English.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Díaz, Jesús

Jesus Diaz, Diaz

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jameson, Fredric

Fornet, Ambrosio

Ross, Kathleen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Initials of the Earth by Jesus Diaz 3

Epilogue / Ambrosio Fornet 371

Afterword / Kathleen Ross 395

Notes 401

Glossary 425

Bibliography 429

Foreword / Fredric Jameson xi

Translator’s Preface / Kathleen Ross xvii

Brief Chronology of Events in Cuba, 1942–75 xxi

Über Autor(innen)

Jesús Díaz (1941–2002) was a prominent Cuban writer, filmmaker, and intellectual. His novels include Las cuatro fugas de Manuel, Dime algo sobre Cuba, and Las palabras perdidas. He wrote screenplays and directed movies, including Lejanía and Polvo rojo. Díaz was the founder of the influential cultural magazine Encuentro, which publishes the work of Cuban writers on the island and in exile.