by José Lezama Lima · Bibliotex · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481302882
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«Paradiso» is the novel by Cuban writer José Lezama Lima, published by Bibliotex in hardcover (512 pages, in Spanish).
A novel that follows the childhood and youth of José Cemí in Havana, with a clear autobiographical root. The narrative weaves a poetic world where reality, myth and fantasy intertwine, with a baroque and symbolic style that explores identity, sexuality and the history of Cuba through the gaze of a young poet.
Edition from the collection The 100 Best Novels in Spanish of the 20th Century (2001), with a prologue by José Jiménez. The novel was originally published in 1966.
Recommended for readers of classic and contemporary literature in Spanish, interested in 20th-century Cuban narrative.
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.
