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The Kingdom of This World

The Kingdom of This World - Paperback

by Alejo Carpentier
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alejo Carpentier, Pablo Medina (Translator), Edwidge Danticat (Introduction by)Series:FSG ClassicsPublish date:2017-11-07Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374537388ISBN-10:374537380UPC:9780374537388Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Classics, World LiteratureBook Topic:Caribbean & West IndiesSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCX29ZTTZG

A masterful new translation of a haunting novel of nineteenth-century Haiti

A few years after its liberation from harsh French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of great brutality under the reign of King Henri Christophe, who was born a slave but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In this unnerving novel from one of Cuba's most celebrated authors, Henri Christophe's oppressive rule is observed through the eyes of the elderly slave Ti No l, who suffers abuse from masters both white and black. As he ranges across the country searching for true liberation, Ti No l navigates bloody revolutions, maniacal rulers with false visions of grandeur, and the mysterious power of voodoo magic.

First published in English translation in 1957, The Kingdom of This World is now widely recognized as a masterpiece of Cuban and Caribbean literature. Pablo Medina's remarkable new translation renders the dreamlike prose of Alejo Carpentier with nuance and felicity while delivering anew a powerful novel about the birth of modern Haiti. Visionary and singularly twisted, The Kingdom of This World emerges from the depths of the struggle for a country into a tale of race, erotomania, magic, and madness.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374537388ISBN-10:374537380UPC:9780374537388Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Classics, World LiteratureBook Topic:Caribbean & West IndiesSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCX29ZTTZG

Alejo Carpentier was born in Cuba and, after living in Europe, returned to Havana after the revolution. The author of three other novels, including The Lost Steps, he died in 1980.

Pablo Medina is a Cuban-born writer and translator. He has written sixteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including Cubop City Blues, The Cigar Roller, and Exiled Memories: A Cuban Childhood. He has translated the work of Virgilio Piñera and Federico García Lorca and has been awarded grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Cintas Foundation, and others. He is a professor of fiction, poetry, and translation at Emerson College in Boston.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Contributor(s)

Alejo Carpentier, Pablo Medina (Translator), Edwidge Danticat (Introduction by)

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Alejo Carpentier

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