The book follows the story of three privileged Creole orphans from Havana, as they meet French adventurer Victor Hugues and get involved in the revolutionary ...
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This swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean during the French Revolution focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who led the naval assault to take ...
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Landing at the Havana doorstep of a trio of wealthy, eccentric Creole orphans, he sweeps them across the Caribbean Sea to Guadeloupe, whose enslaved Africans he ...
A swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean at the time of the French Revolution, Explosion in a Cathedral focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who ...
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This fine, somber novel, by the author of the widely acclaimed The Lost Steps, deals with the French Revolution, chiefly in the Caribbean.
May 15, 2024 · Explosion in a Cathedral — Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980, — "One of Cuba's-and Latin America's-greatest historical novels, about imperial ...
Feb 29, 2024 · One of Latin America's greatest historical novels deals with the impact of the French Revolution on the Caribbean
Sep 12, 2023 · Landing at the Havana doorstep of a trio of wealthy, eccentric Creole orphans, he sweeps them across the Caribbean Sea to Guadeloupe, whose ...
Feb 22, 2024 · In Alejo Carpentier's riddle-like opening to his 1962 novel Explosion in a Cathedral, the Machine, as he calls it, yawns against the sky like ...
Mar 15, 2024 · The story begins in Havana at the close of the eighteenth century, as Victor calls on Sofía and Carlos – orphaned scions of a wealthy family who ...