Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
Mar 5, 2013
Publisher
Archipelago
ISBN-10
1935744917
ISBN-13
9781935744917
Description
Firefly is a dream-like evocation of pre-war Cuba, replete with hurricanes, mystical cults and slave-markets. The story is the coming-of-age of a precocious and exuberant boy with an oversized head and underdeveloped sense of direction, who views the world as a threatening conspiracy. Told in breathless and lyrical prose, the novel is a loving rendition of a long-lost home, a meditation on exile, and an allegory of Cuba’s isolation in the world.