Cecilia Valdï¿½s or el Angel Hill

Name: Cecilia Valdï¿½s or el Angel Hill
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ISBN: 9780195143942

ISBN-10: 0195143949

ISBN-13: 9780195143942

Edition: 2004

Authors: Cirilo. Villaverde, Sibylle Fischer, Helen Lane

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Cecilia Vald'es is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.91" long x 1.81" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Series Editors' General Introduction


Introduction


About This Translation


Cecilia Valdes


Dedication


Prologue


Notes