Cuentos Negros De Cuba/ Black Tales From Cuba (Coleccion Del Chichereku) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Lydia Cabrera (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 1993 | Series: Coleccion Del Chichereku

Afro-Cuban short stories gathered by Lydia Cabrera as told to her by African slaves in Cuba.

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Text: Spanish --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Lydia Cabrera nace en La Habana en 1900 y muere exiliada en Miami en 1991. En 1927 estaba ya instalada en paris, a donde fue a estudiar pintura. Entonces comenzo su larga y fructifera trayectoria en la que recogio el folclore negro cubano en una amplia bibliografia: El Monte, Yemaya y Ochun, Cuentos negros de Cuba, Por Que, Ayapa, Cuetnos para adultos ninos retrasados mentales.

Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: Ediciones Universal; 3 Sub edition (March 10, 1993)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0897296710
• ISBN-13: 978-0897296717
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,194,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars important, essential, July 3, 2001

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This review is from: Cuentos Negros De Cuba/ Black Tales From Cuba (Coleccion Del Chichereku) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Lydia Cabrera's first book (written in the 1930s) is an important, essential foundation for any understanding of Afro-Cuban culture in its many manifestations -- religion, language, music, art. Cabrera was one of the most important Cuban scholars/intellectuals of the 20th century -- like so many others she spent much of her life in exile from her native land after 1959. One day, perhaps soon, she will be honored in Cuba as she deserves, as the pioneer and the sensitive transcriber of a precariously poised but precious cultural tradition.

5.0 out of 5 stars Una manera envidiable de escribir cuentos, May 21, 2006

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This review is from: Cuentos Negros De Cuba/ Black Tales From Cuba (Coleccion Del Chichereku) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Lydia Cabrera, ademas de gustarle la antropologia, era una excelente escritora. Pocos como ella logran narrar un cuento que te despierte emociones con pocas palabras. Dicen que aprendio en Paris este modo de escritura