{"product_id":"explosion-in-a-cathedral-paperback-2","title":"Explosion in a Cathedral - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlejo Carpentier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West's translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.\" --Natasha Wimmer, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Cuba's--and Latin America's--greatest historical novels, about imperial conquest carried out under the guise of liberation, in its first new English translation in sixty years and featuring a new foreword by Alejandro Zambra \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he arrives in Cuba at the close of the eighteenth century, Victor Hugues, a merchant sailor from Marseille, brings with him not only the idealism of the French Revolution but also its ambition and bloodlust. Landing at the Havana doorstep of a trio of wealthy, eccentric Creole orphans, he sweeps them across the Caribbean Sea to Guadeloupe, whose enslaved Africans he frees only then to exploit them in his fight against the British for colonial sovereignty. What ensues in Alejo Carpentier's swashbuckling, magical realist masterpiece is an explosive clash between the New World and the Old World, and between revolutionary ideals and the corrupting allure of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejo Carpentier\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-1980) was one of the major Latin American writers of the twentieth century, as well as a classically trained pianist and musicologist. His best-known novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Steps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExplosion in a Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of This World\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and raised in Havana, Cuba, Carpentier lived for many years in France and Venezuela before returning to Cuba after the 1959 revolution. A few years later he returned to France, where he lived until his death. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) has translated more than thirty books from Spanish, Catalan, and German, including Benjamin Labatut's \u003ci\u003eWhen We Cease to Understand the World\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for both the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the International Booker Prize. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Degradation\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Diet\u003c\/i\u003e, and his essays and literary criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword) is the award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eChilean Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ways of Going Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Private Lives of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBonsai\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two other works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eMultiple Choice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Documents\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Santiago, Chile, Zambra lives in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255154163961,"sku":"9780143133889","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FoGNEGp0h69780143133889_246ffb05-210a-4995-b3c8-8e25a9250e59.webp?v=1768717768","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/explosion-in-a-cathedral-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}