Caracol Beach
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Book Overview
Eliseo Alberto's award-winning Caracol Beach combines the passionate imagination of magic realism with the plotting of a thriller (and a modicum of farce). The result is a literary tour de force. Beto Milanes, the night watchman at a graveyard in the Florida resort town of Caracol Beach, is a guilt-ridden Cuban war veteran. Tormented by memories and hallucinations, he yearns to die but is unable to take his own life. Instead, he decides to force someone-anyone-to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0375705066
ISBN13:9780375705069
Release Date:November 2001
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Haunting and wonderful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I read this book a few years ago but still recall its images vividly. The interwoven stories, foreshadowing, and imagery are quite masterful and overall present a great narrative.
A separate reality with a hint of biculturalism
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
In this very good book Alberto writes of madness coexisting with the reality of separate cultures. Ghosts and people from beyond reach and caress the characters as they go about trying to fulfill the promise of a graduation which ends very badly for three of the seniors. Caracol beach starts with magic and realism but it gives way to tenderness and much humor. Very good.
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