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A swashbuckling tale set in the Caribbean at the time of the French Revolution, Explosion in a Cathedral focuses on Victor Hugues, a historical figure who led the naval assault to take back the island of Guadeloupe from the English at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In Carpentier's telling, this piratical character walks into the lives of the wealthy orphans Esteban and Sofia and casts them abruptly into the midst of the immense changes sweeping the world outside their Havana mansion.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Explosion in a Cathedral
• Author: Alejo Carpentier, John Sturrock, Timothy Brennan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• EAN: 9780816638086
• ISBN: 081663808X
• ID: 11539389
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Weight: 280 g
• Dimensions: 214 × 138 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. February 2001

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