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PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-10156478228X
ISBN-139781564782281
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038803537
Product Key Features
Book TitleParadiso
Number of Pages466 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2005
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction
AuthorJose Lezama Lima, Josoe Lezama Lima
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight23.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-035090
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"[An] extraordinary novel... written by Cuba's leading poet.... There is scarcely a line in the entire narrative that could be mistaken for anyone else's writing.... Lezama's language is reckless, voluptuous, sly and unrelentingly sexual.... A masterpiece of the modern Spanish Baroque.... Lezama has the power not only to create absorbing and memorable images; he has also placed these images in into a vast network of philosophical and mythical significance.... For me, the proof of the greatness of Paradiso is that for the last two weeks I've been walking around New York seeing things through Lezama's eyes." -- Edmund White, New York Times, "... Paradiso has the 'leaps of imagination' which have come to associated with the best contemporary Spanish literature." -- Jack Friedman, Village Voice, " Paradiso has the 'leaps of imagination' which have come to associated with the best contemporary Spanish literature." -- Jack Friedman, Village Voice "The wonder of Paradiso isthe rediscovery of the world of words, not as a tool but as an art formin its own right. The rediscovery of an ancient and profound need, thesolace of language. . . . Paradiso triumphs as a work of pureaestheticism, of absolute digression and linguistic tour de force." -- Peter Moscoso-Gongora, Nation "[An]extraordinary novel . . . written by Cuba's leading poet. . . . Thereis scarcely a line in the entire narrative that could be mistaken foranyone else's writing. . . . Lezama's language is reckless, voluptuous,sly and unrelentingly sexual. . . . A masterpiece of the modern SpanishBaroque." -- Edmund White, New York Times
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal863
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisA classic of modern literature, Paradiso was first published in Cuba in 1966 and quickly hailed as a masterpiece by such eminent writers as Julio Cortázar and Mario Vargas Llosa. Written by Cuba's most important poet, it tells the story of José Cemí, who, in the wake of his father's premature death, comes of age in turn-of-the-century Cuba, "an island paradise where magic and philosophy twist the lives of the old Cuban bourgeoisie into extravagant wonderful shapes" (Washington Post). Weaving the exhilarations and defeats of love into extraordinary erotic verbal tapestries, Lezama Lima narrates Cemí's search for his dead father and for an understanding of love and the powers of the mind. Both an archetype and a microcosm of Cuban society, Paradiso is as perceptive and psychologically intricate as Proust's vision of France, and as vigorous and sometimes corroded as Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County., In the wake of his father's premature death, José Cemí comes of age in aturn of the century Cuba described in the Washington Post as "an islandparadise where magic and philosophy twist the lives of the old Cubanbourgeoisie into extravagant wonderful shapes.", In the wake of his father's premature death, Jose Cemi comes of age in a turn of the century Cuba described in the Washington Post as "an island paradise where magic and philosophy twist the lives of the old Cuban bourgeoisie into extravagant wonderful shapes.", In the wake of his father's premature death, Joséeacute; Cemíiacute; comes of age in a turn of the century Cuba described in the Washington Post as "an island paradise where magic and philosophy twist the lives of the old Cuban bourgeoisie into extravagant wonderful shapes."
LC Classification NumberPQ7389.L49P313 2000
