Re-creates Spain's history in the Caribbean by describing King Philip II of Spain's reign, the beginning of the African slave trade, the founding of St. Augustine, and Columbus's second expedition to the new world...
In this masterful collection of short stories, a celebrated Cuban writer continues his imaginative exploration of the genesis of the modern Caribbean world. Intent on recovering the interior history (la infra-historia) of this astonishingly divers...
"Finalist for the 2016 PEN Center USA Award for TranslationIn 1809, at the age of eighteen, Henriette Faber enrolled herself in medical school in Paris-and since medicine was a profession prohibited to women, she changed her name to Henri in o...