The Initials of the Earth
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2006
456 pages
978-0-8223-8821-0 (ISBN)
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Considered by many the quintessential novel of the Cuban Revolution, this is the first book by the Cuban writer and filmmaker Jesús Díaz (1941-2002) to appear in English.
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Jesús Díaz (1941-2002) was a prominent Cuban writer, filmmaker, and intellectual. His novels include Las cuatro fugas de Manuel, Dime algo sobre Cuba, and Las palabras perdidas. He wrote screenplays and directed movies, including Lejanía and Polvo rojo. Díaz was the founder of the influential cultural magazine Encuentro, which publishes the work of Cuban writers on the island and in exile.
Content
The Initials of the Earth by Jesus Diaz 3
Epilogue / Ambrosio Fornet 371
Afterword / Kathleen Ross 395
Notes 401
Glossary 425
Bibliography 429
Foreword / Fredric Jameson xi
Translator's Preface / Kathleen Ross xvii
Brief Chronology of Events in Cuba, 1942-75 xxi
Epilogue / Ambrosio Fornet 371
Afterword / Kathleen Ross 395
Notes 401
Glossary 425
Bibliography 429
Foreword / Fredric Jameson xi
Translator's Preface / Kathleen Ross xvii
Brief Chronology of Events in Cuba, 1942-75 xxi
