CABRERA INFANTE, GUILLERMO (1929 - 2005)
CABRERA INFANTE, GUILLERMO (1929 - 2005)
CABRERA INFANTE, GUILLERMO (1929 - 2005)
Infante's inferno
Faber & Faber, London. 1984. First thus. Hardcover. Black cloth binding with silver tittled back. With original dustjacket. Octavo. 410 pp. 14½ x 22¼ x 3½ cm. 620 gr. Jacket design by Pentagram. Illustration by Adrian George. Photo of author by Jesse Fernandez. First published in Spain in 1979 as La Habana para un Infante Difunto. Translated from the Spanish by Suzanne Jill Levine with the author. ISBN-10 0 571 13292 8. Semi-autobiographical novel about the sensual education of a young journalist in Havana. 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 listeners 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 listeners 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, Cabrera 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 hilariously updated the Don Juan myth in a tropical setting. Stains of wine on (inside) dustjacket. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped.
Booknumber: 19268
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