Infante's Inferno
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1569247072 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | Spanish |
DESCRIPTION:
Brilliant, wonderful and hilarious The greatest living Cuban writer, and one of the most important in all Latin America, Cabrera Infante's "Infante's Inferno," the English version of "La Habana para un Infante Difunto" is a wise, brilliant, wonderful and hilarious musing of a young man's coming of age in pre-Revolutionary Havana. A rich, delicious work to be savored like a mojito or your mother's caramel custard (flan, assuming your mother knows how to make one). Although grounded in a very specific time and place, Cabrer
From Library Journal This duo from 1971 and 1984, respectively, are vastly different. TTT, on the other hand, takes a more serious look at life in the cabaret society of pre-Castro Havana. Both, however, feature the author's signature wordplay.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Inferno is an autobiographical novel that serves up a protagonist who fancies himself a true Latin lover.
The author's previous books include Three Trapped Tigers and Holy Smoke.. The novel is set in pre-Castro Havana and includes a huge cast of colourful characters. A humorous novel about the sensual education of a young journalist in Havana