by Miguel Barnet
translated by W. Nick Hill, Curbstone Press, ISBN 1-880684-18-7
from Biografía de un cimarrón. Barcelona: Ediciones Ariel, 1994
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In this remarkable testimony, Cuban novelist and anthropologist Miguel Barnet presents
the narrative of 105-year-old Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as fugitive in the
wilderness, and as a soldier in the Cuban War of Independence. Honest, blunt,
compassionate, shrewd, and engaging, his voice provides an extraordinary insight into the
African culture that took root in the Caribbean.
"...a powerful account of a vanished world...invaluable." -- Newsweek
"Its contribution to our understanding of Cuban history and national temperament is
no less than its immense appeal as a human testament....All the fire and dash of the Cuban
character, the refusal ever to cringe or to give up, take on flesh and meaning in the
reminiscences of this stubborn veteran." -- Times Literary Supplement
Miguel Barnet lives in Havana, Cuba, where he was born in 1940. He is the originator of
the tradition of "Testimonial" fiction in Latin American letters, and he remains
the genre's acknowledged master.
ISBN 1-880684-18-7 / 224 pp |