Three Trapped TigersCabrera Infante's masterpiece, Three Trapped Tigers is one of the most playful books to reach the U.S. from Cuba. Filled with puns, wordplay, lists upon lists, and Sternean typography--such as the section entitled "Some Revelations," which consists of several blank pages--this novel has been praised as a more modern, sexier, funnier, Cuban Ulysses. Centering on the recollections of a man separated from both his country and his youth, Cabrera Infante creates an enchanting vision of life and the many colorful characters found in steamy Havana's pre-Castro cabaret society. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 11 |
Section 3 | 16 |
Section 4 | 24 |
Section 5 | 27 |
Section 6 | 34 |
Section 7 | 40 |
Section 8 | 47 |
Section 18 | 135 |
Section 19 | 158 |
Section 20 | 161 |
Section 21 | 209 |
Section 22 | 213 |
Section 23 | 237 |
Section 24 | 240 |
Section 25 | 242 |
Section 9 | 55 |
Section 10 | 67 |
Section 11 | 71 |
Section 12 | 76 |
Section 13 | 85 |
Section 14 | 118 |
Section 15 | 125 |
Section 16 | 126 |
Section 17 | 132 |
Section 26 | 291 |
Section 27 | 292 |
Section 28 | 300 |
Section 29 | 302 |
Section 30 | 311 |
Section 31 | 317 |
Section 32 | 482 |
Other editions - View all
Three Trapped Tigers Guillermo Cabrera Infante,Donald Gardner,Suzanne Jill Levine No preview available - 1997 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-conscious Fiction Patricia Waugh No preview available - 1984 |