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Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) Paperback – April 30, 2002
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Organized chronologically, this collection begins with his early writings, including a thundering account of his political imprisonment in Cuba at age sixteen. The middle section focuses on his journalism, which offers an image of the United States in the nineteenth century, its way of life and system of government, that rivals anything written by de Tocqueville, Dickens, Trollope, or any other European commentator. Including generous selections of his poetry and private notebooks, the book concludes with his astonishing, hallucinatory final masterpiece, "War Diaries", never before translated into English.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
- Print length462 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication dateApril 30, 2002
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions1 x 5 x 7.5 inches
- ISBN-100142437042
- ISBN-13978-0142437049
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Esther Allen is an essayist and translator of Spanish and French. An associate professor at Baruch College, City University of New York, she directed the work of the PEN/Heim Translation Fund from its founding in 2003 to 2010, and cofounded PEN World Voices: the New York Festival of International Literature (2004). A two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts translation fellowships, she was a fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library in 2009–2010. The French government has honored her as a Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres (2006). Visit her website at estherallen.com.
Roberto González Echevarría is the Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literatures at Yale University. He was awarded the 2010 National Humanities Medal by President Obama and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a number of other grants for his work as a critic of Latin American literature and culture.
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- Publisher : Penguin Classics; 60230th edition (April 30, 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 462 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0142437042
- ISBN-13 : 978-0142437049
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 13.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 1 x 5 x 7.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #346,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #58 in History of Cuba (Books)
- #101 in Caribbean & Latin American Literature
- #1,061 in Essays (Books)
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Esther Allen is an essayist and translator from Spanish and French. An associate professor at Baruch College, City University of New York, she directed the work of the PEN/Heim Translation Fund from its founding in 2003 to 2010, and co-founded PEN World Voices: the New York Festival of International Literature (2004).
A two-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships, she was a Fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library in 2009-2010. The French government has honored her as a Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres (2006).
Personal website: estherallen.com
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While this beautifully rendered translation includes a broad spectrum of Marti's works, some not previously translated, his descriptions of America in the latter half ot the nineteenth century are by themselves sufficient reason to buy this book.
Marti, coming from a different culture, sees things about America that we do not, and he describes them with a passion lacking in the reportage of his North American contemporaries.