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Oscar Mandinga, great-grandchild of the founders of a small hamlet of wooden shacks and red earth deep in the Cuban hinterland, is a sardonic teller of tales - some taller than others - of slavery, revolution, family secrets, love and identity, spanning four generations.
One day Oscar Mandinga wakes to find himself utterly alone in the world. As the sole descendant of his family line he is not sure what to do or where he should go, but in the midst of this uncertainty, he holds fast to what his grandfather always told him: 'No man knows who he is until he knows his past, the history of his country.'
As Oscar sets out to find his ancestral village of Pata de Puerco and the meaning of the magical pig's-foot amulet he has inherited, the search for his country's hidden history becomes entangled with his search for the truth about himself.
Ambitious in scope, yet intimate in tone, rippling with vitality and driven by passion, full of dark comedy, magical history and startling revelations, Pig's Foot is a dazzling evocation of Cuba's tumultuous history. It is a spellbinding accomplishment.
As his terrific first novel shows, he also has a genius for telling a story. In the most colourful South American tradition, the events are often violent and tragic, but the prose is vivid, fast-moving and often dazzling, and he has a cynical eye for the awful comedy of everything ... The pace leaves you breathless (Kate Saunders, The Times --The Times
Acosta has as much a winning way with words as he ahs charm and presence on the ballet stage ... Translated from the original Spanish by award-winning translator Frank Wynne, Acosta's prose is poetic and raw. He conjures evocative landscapes ... And conveys sympathy ... Passionate and uncompromising to the end, Oscar exerts a powerful charm on the reader (The Lady) --The Lady
When an acclaimed ballet dancer makes a foray into writing fiction, be prepared for it to be hailed as "sure-footed". The good news is that Cuban star Carlos Acosta does, indeed, barely put a step wrong in his debut novel, Pig's Foot, an exuberantly enjoyable tale (Financial Times) --Financial Times
Acosta has as much a winning way with words as he ahs charm and presence on the ballet stage ... Translated from the original Spanish by award-winning translator Frank Wynne, Acosta's prose is poetic and raw. He conjures evocative landscapes ... And conveys sympathy ... Passionate and uncompromising to the end, Oscar exerts a powerful charm on the reader (The Lady) --The Lady
When an acclaimed ballet dancer makes a foray into writing fiction, be prepared for it to be hailed as "sure-footed". The good news is that Cuban star Carlos Acosta does, indeed, barely put a step wrong in his debut novel, Pig's Foot, an exuberantly enjoyable tale (Financial Times) --Financial Times
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- ÉditeurBloomsbury Pub Plc USA
- Date d'édition2014
- ISBN 10 1620400812
- ISBN 13 9781620400814
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages333
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Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST American EDITION and Printing. A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. Author was a principal in the English National Ballet (Trained at the Cuba National Ballet School) and a member of the Royal Ballet; now the director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. This is his debut novel. FLAWLESS copy. 333 pages. Mylar protected jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 005568
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