Biography of a Runaway Slave: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

ISBN-13: 9780810133419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 232 str.

Miguel Barnet; W. Nick Hill; William Luis

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Fiftieth Anniversary EditionTranslated from the Spanish by W. Nick HillIntroduction by William LuisOriginally published in 1966, Miguel Barnet s Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written history of the life of Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier fighting against Spain in the Cuban War of Independence. A new introduction by one of the most preeminent Afro-Hispanic scholars, William Luis, situates Barnet s ethnographic strategy and lyrical narrative style as foundational for the tradition of testimonial fiction in Latin American literature. Barnet recorded his interviews with the 103-year-old Montejo at the onset of the Cuban Revolution. This insurgent s history allows the reader into the folklore and cultural history of Afro-Cubans before and after the abolition of slavery. The book serves as an important contribution to the archive of black experience in Cuba and as a reminder of the many ways that the present continues to echo the past."