Caracol Beach
A Novel
$38.51
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2002
Summary
Eliseo Alberto’s award-winning Caracol Beach combines the passionate imagination of magic realism with the plotting of a thriller (and a modicum of farce). The result is a literary tour de force.
Beto Milanes, the night watchman at a graveyard in the Florida resort town of Caracol Beach, is a guilt-ridden Cuban war veteran. Tormented by memories and hallucinations, he yearns to die but is unable to take his own life. Instead, he decides to force someone—anyone—to kill him. Th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375705069 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375705066 |
| Author: | Eliseo Alberto, Edith Grossman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2002 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 133mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage International |
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Critics Review
“A spectacular read… Storytelling magic.”
–The Miami Herald
“Magic realism is in flower, but beneath its extravagant exaggerations lie serious observations about human nature.”
–The New York Times Book Review
”[B]rilliant… a modern tragedy where madness goes hand in hand with the absurd.”
–El Pais
Eliseo Alberto
Eliseo Alberto is a poet, journalist, and filmmaker. He lives in Mexico City.
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