Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers

Copyright Date: 2018

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 08/15/17

Pages: 80 pages

ISBN: 1-422-23809-1

ISBN 13: 978-1-422-23809-7

Dewey: 709.7291

LCCN: 2017299782

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Art, Cuban. Juvenile literature.
Cuban literature. Juvenile literature.
Art, Cuban.
Cuban literature.
Cuba. Social life and customs. Juvenile literature.
Cuba. Social life and customs.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading Level: 9.0

Interest Level: 7-12

To truly understand a nation, one must know a bit about that nation's art. What kind or subjects do its leading novelists write about? Which themes preoccupy its major poets? Who are the most popular painters and sculptors, and what do their works depict? This book examines the major currents in Cuban art and literature, from colonial times to the present. The book also tells the stories of some of the country's most respected creative talents. These include the poet and patriot José Martí, who is beloved as "the Apostle of Cuban Independence"; the novelist Alejo Carpentier, a major figure in Latin America's 20th-century literary "boom"; the painter Amelia Pelaez del Casal, a leader of Cuba's avant-garde art movement; and Rita Longa, whose iconic sculptures adorn the capital city of Havana.