PERSONA NON GRATA - An Envoy in Castro's Cuba (First UK edition and first edition in English)

Jorge Edwards (Translated from the Spanish by Colin Harding)

ISBN 10: 0370103750 / ISBN 13: 9780370103754

Edité par The Bodley Head, London, 1977

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First impression of the first UK edition, and first edition in English. Translated from the Spanish by Colin Harding. ***Near fine in mauve cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The silver is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. Corners sharp. Boards clean and unmarked. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges lightly foxed. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean with no foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £6.95 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with the extremities just slightly rubbed and creased, mainly to the head and tail of the spine. No chips and no serious creases or tears. The spine of the dustwrapper has gently faded, but the dustwrapper is otherwise clean and unmarked. ***224mm x 144mm. 275 pages. ***'Jorge Edwards, a Chilean writer and career diplomat, was appointed as his country's first envoy to Cuba by the late President Allende when diplomatic relations were re-established in 1970. His arrival in Havana coincided with what can now be seen as one of the most critical periods of the Cuban Revolution when the early dreams and ideals were having to be adapted to the harsh economic reality of that period. Jorge Edwards was a witness to some of the most dramatic events in recent Latin American history and his book is remarkable as a testimony to that time. In a new Epilogue, specially written for the British edition, Jorge Edwards looks back with sadness on events in his own country since the military coup which overthrew Salvador Allende's elected Government on 11 September. 1973.' (Quote taken from the inside front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A near fine first UK edition of this uncommon work - a good resource book for those researching the history of the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and the Chilean coup d'état of 1973. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: PERSONA NON GRATA - An Envoy in Castro's Cuba (First UK edition and first edition in English)
• Éditeur: The Bodley Head, London
• Date de parution: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0370103750
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780370103754
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First UK Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • First Editions
  • Political & Social History

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Synopsis

Light wear to boards. Content is clean. Good DJ with little edge wear,

Présentation de l'éditeur

«Un libro extraordinario, espléndidamente escrito.» Guillermo Cabrera Infante «Este libro de Jorge Edwards es uno de los clásicos verdaderamente vibrantes de la literatura latinoamericana moderna... Puede ser leído como testimonio y también como obra de ficción... Su lenguaje es una amalgama de las virtudes más difíciles: la transparencia con la inteligencia, la penetración más incisiva con una sonrisa...» Octavio Paz «Un testimonio honesto y valiente. Jorge Edwards fue el primer escritor importante del extranjero en notar que algo había ido irrevocablemente mal en la Revolución cubana. En un tiempo cuando la mayoría de los intelectuales, desde Sartre hasta Susan Sontag, todavía estaban embelesados con el carisma de Castro, él simplemente dijo la verdad. Nunca es demasiado tarde para la verdad, especialmente cuando se la dice con la inteligencia y el ingenio de Edwards.» Hans Magnus Enzensberger El arrojo de Jorge Edwards al publicar este libro en 1973 concitó no sólo el interés mundial, sino que además se hizo acreedor de una doble censura: la obra fue proscrita tanto por la izquierda como por la derecha. A más de treinta años de esa primera edición, mantiene su vigencia y la abierta hostilidad de Fidel Castro, quien no duda en encabezar su lista de libros más odiados con Persona non grata.