The innovative Latin American writer's short work of fiction consists of a series of vivid, witty, cruel, sad, and ironic vignettes that follow the events of Cuba's history from its first inhabitants to the present

View of Dawn in the Tropics (English and Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Cabrera-Infante, Guillermo

Contemporary

Harpercollins

Hidden behind a cloak of exotic mystery, Cuba is virtually unknown to American citizens, G. Cabrera Infante--in Infante's Inferno and several of his other novels--allows readers to peek behind the curtain surrounding this island and see the vibrant life that existed there before Fidel Castro's regime. Detailing the sexual education and adventures of the author, Infante's Inferno is a lush, erotic, funny book that provides readers with insight into what it was like to grow up in pre-revolutionary Havana. Viewing every girl as a potential lover, and the movies as a place both for entertainment and potential sexual escapades, Cabera Infante captures the adolescent male mindset with a great deal of fun and self-consciousness. With his hallmark of puns and wordplay--excellently translated by Suzanne Jill Levine--Cabrera Infante has a hilariously updated of the Don Juan myth in a tropical setting.

Infante's Inferno

Levine, Suzanne Jill (translator)

Harper&Row

Using fact, fiction, fantasy, and puns, the author recounts the history of the cigar and the mores of cigar smoking and discusses the manufacture of cigars and the history of tobacco

Holy Smoke

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Exploring the nature of the Cuban revolution and the lives of those it affected, an honest, opinionated political autobiography is filled with wit and wordplay, and provides an impassioned analysis of the tragedies of our time.

Mea Cuba

History & Criticism

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

An autobiographical novel portrays the experiences and sexual escapades of a young journalist in Havana before the revolution

Avon/Books

History

Faber&Faber

Written by the author of Infante's Inferno, Holy Smoke and View of Dawn in the Tropics, this is a novel about Havana before Castro's revolution.

Three Trapped Tigers

World Literature

Begins with the no-savvy monologue by a six-year-old, little girl and ends with the naive confession of an eight-year-old boy. In between a madam of a fashionable bordello tells all about her most precious possession - a baroque pearl before a swinish clientele.

Writes of Passage

Brookesmith, John

Short Stories & Anthologies

Celebrating the rich culture and vitality of pre-revolutionary Cuba, two novella-length tales include the story of a photographer and the mysterious singer he encounters in a nightclub and "The Amazon," which contains a variety of puns and word games. Original.

Ella Cantaba Boleros (Spanish Edition)

Vintage Books

Thought-provoking stories capture the turbulent history of Cuba and the Cuban people, from the discovery of the beautiful island through the last year before Castro's revolution.

Vista Del Amanecer En El Tropico (COLECCION CLASICOS CUBANOS)

Ediciones Universal

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View of Dawn in the Tropics (English and Spanish Edition)

Infante's Inferno

Holy Smoke

Mea Cuba

Infante's Inferno

Holy Smoke

Three Trapped Tigers

Writes of Passage

Ella Cantaba Boleros (Spanish Edition)

Vista Del Amanecer En El Tropico (COLECCION CLASICOS CUBANOS)