Map Drawn by a Spy
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Map Drawn by a Spy by Guillermo Cabrera Infante
In 1965, following his mother's death, Infante returns to Cuba from Brussels, where he is a cultural attache at the Cuban embassy. When a few days later his permission to return to Europe is revoked, Infante begins a period of suspicion, uncertainty, and disillusion. Unable to leave the country, denied access to party officials, yet still receiving checks for his work in Belgium, Infante discovers the reality of Cuba under Fidel Castro. Both lucid and sincere, Map Drawn by a Spy is a moving portrayal of a fractured society and a writer's struggles to come to terms with his national identity.
Winner of the 1997 Cervantes Prize and widely considered one of the foremost Cuban writers of the 20th century, Guillermo Cabrera Infante was the author of five novels, four screenplays, and multiple collections of short stories. Born in the small town of Gibara in 1929, Infante was initially a supporter of the Cuban Revolution and served under Castro as director of the National Board of Culture. After being detained in Cuba for four months in 1968, he spent the rest of his life in exile as a dissident. His most well-known work, Tres Tristes Tigres, labeled as counterrevolutionary by the Cuban government, has been compared to Joyce's Ulysses. Map Drawn by a Spy is the third work by Infante to be published posthumously. Mark Fried lives in Ottawa, Canada. He is the translator of Eduardo Galeano's Children of the Days, Mirrors, Voices of Time, Upside Down, Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Walking Words, and We Say No. He is also the translator of the historical collection Echoes of the Mexican-American War and works by Severo Sarduy, Emilia Ferreiro, Josü¾Ž–”¼ Ignacio Lü¾Œ¶˜¼pez Vigil, Oscar Ugarteche, and Rafael Barajas Durü¾Œ–”¼n.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780914671787 |
| ISBN 10 | 0914671782 |
| Title | Map Drawn by a Spy |
| Author | Guillermo Infante |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Archipelago Books |
| Year published | 2017-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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