Details

ISBN-10: 1564783847
ISBN-13: 9781564783844
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date: 05/01/2005
Dimensions: 9.02" L, 6.34" W, 1.20" H

Infante’s Inferno

Translator: Suzanne Jill Levine

Paperback

Price: $14.95

Overview

Hidden behind a cloak of exotic mystery, Cuba is virtually unknown to American citizens. G. Cabrera Infante–in Infante’s Inferno and several of his other novels–allows readers to peek behind the curtain surrounding this island and see the vibrant life that existed there before Fidel Castro’s regime. Detailing the sexual education and adventures of the author, Infante’s Inferno is a lush, erotic, funny book that provides readers with insight into what it was like to grow up in pre-revolutionary Havana. Viewing every girl as a potential lover, and the movies as a place both for entertainment and potential sexual escapades, Cabrera Infante captures the adolescent male mindset with a great deal of fun and self-consciousness. With his hallmark of puns and wordplay–excellently translated by Suzanne Jill Levine–Cabrera Infante has hilariously updated the Don Juan myth in a tropical setting.

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"Infante's Inferno is a funny, lubricous, autobiographical novel of a would-be rake's progress."
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Details

ISBN-10: 1564783847
ISBN-13: 9781564783844
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date: 05/01/2005
Dimensions: 9.02" L, 6.34" W, 1.20" H
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