Publisher's Synopsis
This book examinies the major currents in Cuban art and literature, from colonial times to the present. The book also tells the stories of some of the country's most respected creative talents. These include the poet and patriot José Martí, who is beloved as "the Apostle of Cuban Independence"; the novelist Alejo Carpentier, a major figure in Latin America's 20th-century literary "boom"; the painter Amelia Peláez del Casal, a leader of Cuba's avant-garde art movement; and Rita. Longa, whose iconic sculptures adorn the capital city of Havana.
