by José Lezama Lima · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788475514369
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«Paradiso» is the novel by José Lezama Lima, published by Planeta-Agostini in Spanish.
The novel follows the childhood and youth of José Cemí in Havana, in a Cuban family, and interweaves his sentimental and poetic formation with reflections on love, family and art as salvation. Its baroque prose, full of symbols and philosophical debates, makes reading a complex and fascinating experience.
The work was originally published in 1966. This Spanish-language edition, published by Planeta-Agostini in Barcelona, appeared in 1985.
For readers interested in the classics of Latin American literature and in baroque prose of great symbolic density; it is best read slowly.
José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima was a Cuban writer, poet and essayist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Cuban and Latin American literature. His novel Paradiso is one of the most important works in Spanish and one of the best novels of the 20th Century according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
