Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Translated from the Spanish by W. Nick Hill

Introduction by William Luis

Originally 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...