The Voice of the Turtle: An Anthology of Cuban Literature - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802135552 ISBN 13: 9780802135551

Publisher: Grove Press, 1998

Synopsis

Gathers thirty-one stories by modern Cuban authors writing in a variety of styles.

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From the Back Cover:

Cuba's history of political upheaval and diverse ethnic heritage have been a source of inspiration for a remarkable body of literature in the twentieth century; however, this work has remained largely undiscovered by American readers. Now, in this rich anthology of Cuban writers, the work of such legends as Reinaldo Arenas, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Calvert Casey is juxtaposed with that of a younger generation of writers such as Senel Paz, Zo Valds, and Jess Vega to create a rich portrait of modern-Cuban literature.

The Voice of the Turtle showcases a variety of styles-from Cabrera Infante's updated Aesop's fable in the title story, to the lush creation myth of Lydia Cabrera's "Daddy Turtle and Daddy Tiger"; from the magic-realist "The Night the Dead Rose from the Grave" by Lino Novs Calvo, to Alfonso Hernndez Cat's tale of war and heroism among the meek, "I Sent Quinine." The writers collected here draw on many styles-Cuba's rich storytelling tradition, Kafka and Joyce, the best of post-modern fiction-and their stories range from the political to the personal, deeply inflected by their embedded homeland or their experiences of exile. As diverse and fascinating as Cuba itself, The Voice of the Turtle is the definitive anthology of Cuban fiction from this century.

Peter Bush is the Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia. He has been awarded the 1995 Best Translator Award by the American Literary Translators Association and the 1996 Ramn Valle-Incln Prize for Literary Translation by the Instituto Cervantes. He has translated the works of Juan Carlos Onetti and Juan Goytisolo. He lives in Norwich and Northampton, England.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0802135552
• ISBN 13: 9780802135551
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Bush Peter