{"product_id":"paradiso-9781564782281","title":"Paradiso","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic of modern literature, \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth an archetype and a microcosm of Cuban society, \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e is as perceptive and psychologically intricate as Proust's vision of France, and as vigorous and sometimes corroded as Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosé Lezama Lima (1910-1976) was one of the most important Cuban writers of the twentieth century. He was appointed director of the Department of Literature and Publications of the National Cultural Council after the ascension of the Castro regime, but later fell out of favor for the frank discussion of homosexuality and apolitical content of his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eParadiso\u003c\/em\u003e. A poet and novelist, his work has had a lasting influence on Cuban and world literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Rabassa is one of the most renowned translators of both Spanish and Portuguese literature. He has translated books by Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, António Lobo Antunes, and Osman Lins, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646818390290,"sku":"9781564782281","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68b2d4d7-cdc0-45b2-8fc8-21720f642395.jpg?v=1733186596","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paradiso-9781564782281","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}