New York. 1990. January 1990. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition.

New York. 1990. January 1990. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374260869. Translated from the Spanish by Alexander Coleman. 247 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph (c) 1990 by Lee Lockwood/Black Star. Author photograph (c) 1990 by Vasco Szinetar. keywords: Latin America Cuba Caribbean Literature Translated Autobiography World Literature. DESCRIPTION-HEBERTO PADILLA, Cuba's foremost living poet as well as one of the finest twentieth-century writers in the Spanish language, is a man whose personal and political destiny has been viewed as a cautionary tale of the Cuba of Fidel Castro. Many myths have been created around Padilla-he has been extravagantly admired and bitterly vilified-but, even after his immigration to the United States in 1980, the poet has guarded his silence. Now, in SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE OTHER, his long-awaited autobiography, Padilla breaks that silence, telling the story of his life and times, in his own words and, artistically and intellectually, on his own terms. SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE OTHER is both a poet's prose and a memoir of Castro's Cuba in which the political realities of that regime and the personalities of the artists who flocked from all over the world to support it are depicted. inventory #14847.

0374260869. Cloth. First American Edition. Very close to fine in a fine dj. (Light foxing to edges) Cuban writer.

0374260869. Cloth. First American Edition. Very close to fine in a fine dj. (Light foxing to edges) Cuban writer.

First American edition. Translated by Alexander Coleman. 247pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and a small crease on the rear panel. A memoir.

First American edition. Translated by Alexander Coleman. 247pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear and a small crease on the rear panel. A memoir.

Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 220 p.

Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 220 p.

First American edition. Translated by Alexander Coleman. Octavo. 247pp. Page

First American edition. Translated by Alexander Coleman. Octavo. 247pp. Page edges modestly foxed, very good or better in a presentable very good dust jacket with a small interior stain at the spine base that doesn't show through, and a security thread taped to the interior of the spine panel. Signed by Padilla on the front fly. First published in Spanish as *La mala hora*.