A01=Antonio Jose Ponte
Author_Antonio Jose Ponte
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Category=FYB
contemporary Cuban writing
Cuban writing in translation
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forgotten Cuban life
Latin American authors
multigenre fiction
Scheherazade
short stories about daily life
Product details
- ISBN 9780872864078
- Weight: 113g
- Dimensions: 127 x 182mm
- Publication Date: 17 Oct 2002
- Publisher: City Lights Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the manner of fabled storytellers, Ponte creates a vivid picture of contemporary Cuba-its real and imagined place in the world-through stories told by a foreign exchange physics student, urban planners who discover an underground metropolis in their own neighborhood, a traveler stranded in an airport restroom, a suspicious stranger listening to stories spun in a barbershop, and a Chinese butcher in love with a beautiful daughter of Ochun. This inventive brew of fantasy, popular religion, science and science fiction, travel adventure, and tall tales celebrates the Cuban spirit at home and abroad. Antonio Jose Ponte (born 1964 in Matanzas, Cuba) lives in Havana. He is the author of poetry, essays, novels, and stories.
Antonio José 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.
