In the Cold of the Malecï¿½n

Name: In the Cold of the Malecï¿½n
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ISBN: 9780872863743

ISBN-10: 0872863743

ISBN-13: 9780872863743

Edition: 2000

Authors: Antonio Josï¿½ Ponte, Cola Franzen, Antonio Josï¿½ Ponte

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Departing from both the utopian-political and the romantic-baroque styles of past Cuban literature, Ponte deftly sketches a picture of a contemporary Cuba that is very different from the stereotype of Caribbean life, full of music and dance and colorful celebration. An old man and a six-year-old prodigy have a rendezvous to play chess at a forlorn railroad station. Randomly riding trains, a woman keeps company with a strange assembly of men. An unemployed historian falls in love with an enigmatic astrologer, and the two live out their tragedy in the streets of Havana as homeless vagrants. A father and son take an aimless stroll after lunch to see the whores along the Malecon, Havana's…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication date: 1/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.40" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.308
Language: English

Antonio Josï¿½ Ponte was born in 1964 in Matanzas, Cuba, and studied at the University of Havana. He worked for some years as an engineer and then as a screenwriter. In addition to writing short stories and fiction, Ponte has published prize-winning collections of poetry and essays.

Coming	p. 7
In the Cold of the Malecon	p. 29
A Throw of the Book of Changes	p. 35
Station H	p. 43
This Life	p. 61
Heart of Skitalietz	p. 79
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