- Spanish American fiction, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Caribbean area, fiction, Spanish fiction
A swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean at the time of the French Revolution, Explosion in a Cathedral focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who led the naval assault to take back the island of Guadeloupe from the English at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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Grave, plot-driven, epic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Alejo Carpentier
- First published
- 1963
- Pages
- 351
- Publisher
- Minerva, Gollancz, University of Minnesota Press
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780575008960
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Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Lausana, 26 de diciembre de 1904-París, 24 de abril de 1980) fue un escritor cubano y francés que influyó notablemente en la literatura latinoamericana durante su periodo de auge. La crítica lo consideró uno de los escritores fundamentales del siglo XX en lengua española, y uno de los artífices de la renovación literaria latinoaméricana, en particular a través de un estilo que incorpora varias dimensiones y aspectos de la imaginación para recrear la realidad, elementos que contribuyeron a su formación y uso de «lo real maravilloso». Entre sus novelas destacan *El reino de este mundo* (1949), *Los pasos perdidos* (1953), *El siglo de las luces* (1962), *El recurso
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