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Biography of a Runaway Slave
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by Miguel Barnet
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Cover Type: Paperback with 217 pages
Published by: Curbstone Press July 1, 1995
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1880684187
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1880684184
Book Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 10.4 ounces
From Library Journal
In this 1968 title, Cuban poet, novelist, and anthropologist Barnet recounts the life of Esteban Montejo, a former slave who became a fugitive living in the wild and later served as a soldier in Cuba's war for independence. Barnet received the information firsthand through interviews with Montejo in his 105th year (he lived to 113). Though on the surface this is the story of one man, on a greater scale it serves as an account of how African culture was introduced to the Caribbean through slavery. This is the first paperback edition of the volume.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Review
"a powerful account of a vanished worldinvaluable." -- Newsweek
"as authentic a voice of history as you are likely to hear." -- National Catholic Reporter
"He [Esteban] is the radical truth so many of us are still so reluctant to face." -- National Catholic Reporter
Reader Reviews
Miguel Barnet, eduated in Havana at an American school, came to discover his Cuban heritage later in life. His tour-de-force was The Life of a Runaway Slave, the as-told-to-biography of Estaban Montejo, an earthy, candid man who had runaway from the sugar fields and who had fought in Cuba's wars for independence. One thing readers must remember is that Barnet intevriewed Montejo when the latter was 103 years old, in a nursing home, in 1963 when the interviews were started. Oral history is difficult enough and this great time-lag makes the task of the interviewer even more dificult.
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