Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691268415ISBN-10:069126841XUPC:9780691268415Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Caribbean & Latin American, AmericanBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.50 x 5.60 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC8QT42976
Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes
A landmark book--the first complete publication of Langston Hughes's translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen Mexican and Cuban writers
In late 1934, Langston Hughes, already established as a leading voice of literary Black America, traveled to Mexico City, where he stayed for more than five months and began translating short fiction by prominent Mexican and Cuban writers. These stories,...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691268415ISBN-10:069126841XUPC:9780691268415Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Caribbean & Latin American, AmericanBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:8.50 x 5.60 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC8QT42976
Langston Hughes (1901-1967) was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance and twentieth-century Black literature. Although he achieved his greatest fame as a poet, he had a wide-ranging literary career. His many books included the poetry collection The Weary Blues, the novel Not Without Laughter, the story collection The Ways of White Folks, and the autobiographies The Big Sea and I Wonder as I...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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