{"product_id":"hallucinations-or-the-ill-fated-peregrinations-of-fray-servando-paperback","title":"Hallucinations: or, The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Hurley\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eThomas Colchie\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the brilliant tradition of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e, this passionate novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eBefore Night Falls\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern masterpiece of Latin American fiction. Fray Servando--priest, blasphemer, dueler of monsters, irresistible lover, misunderstood prophet, prisoner, and consummate escape artist--wanders among the vice-ridden populations of eighteenth-century Europe and the Americas, fleeing dungeons, a marriage-minded woman, a slave ship captain, and the Inquisition. Whether by burro, by boat, or by the back of a whale, Fray Servando's journey is at once funny and romantic, melancholy and profound--a tale rooted in history, yet outrageously hallucinatory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An impenitent amalgam of truth and invention, historical fact and outrageous make-believe . . . a philosophical black comedy.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReinaldo Arenas\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cuba in 1943. In 1980, he was one of 120,000 Cubans who arrived in the United States on the Mariel boatlift. Arenas settled in New York where he lived until his death from AIDS ten years later.\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Hurley is a translator of numerous works of literature, criticism, history, and memoir. He is professor emeritus at the University of Puerto Rico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of \u003cb\u003eA Hammock Beneath the Mangoes\u003c\/b\u003e. He has written for the \u003cb\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e. His translations include Manuel Puig's \u003cb\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/b\u003e and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's \u003cb\u003eTravelling in the Family\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.72 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759201452320,"sku":"9780142000199","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6a11edf3967d410c038ced2d48e5e01f.webp?v=1780145257","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hallucinations-or-the-ill-fated-peregrinations-of-fray-servando-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}