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Caracol Beach - A Novel (Paperback): Eliseo Alberto

Caracol Beach - A Novel (Paperback)

Eliseo Alberto; Translated by Edith Grossman

Series: Vintage International

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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. That decision sets in motion a night of violence that draws an odd assortment of characters into Beto's orbit. In scenes that range from the jungles of Angola to a seedy Florida bar, Alberto explores war, madness, exile, and the redemptive power of love.

Translated by Edith Grossman.

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Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of origin: United States
Series: Vintage International
Release date: November 2001
First published: November 2001
Authors: Eliseo Alberto
Translators: Edith Grossman
Dimensions: 203 x 133 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70506-9
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
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LSN: 0-375-70506-6
Barcode: 9780375705069

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