num_pages: 466
description: In the wake of his father's premature death, Jose Cemi comes of age in a turn of the century Cuba described in the Washington Post as "an island paradise where magic and philosophy twist the lives of the old Cuban bourgeoisie into extravagant wonderful shapes."
language: English
title: Paradiso
titlecomplete: Paradiso
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Latin American, Latin American Literature, LGBT, Spanish Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 837
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press