Biography of a runaway slave
By: Miguel Barnet ; translated by W. Nick Hill.
Contributors: Barnet, Miguel, 1940-; Hill, W. Nick, 1944-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Curbstone Press; Distributed by InBook
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Willimantic, CT; East Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Montejo, Esteban, 1860-1973; Fugitive slaves -- Cuba -- Biography; Revolutionaries -- Cuba -- Biography; Plantation life -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century; Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1895-1898 -- Personal narratives
Description: "Valuable new version of Biografía de un cimarrón includes Hill's expert translation; brief but informative preface about Esteban Montejo (the book's first-person narrator); Barnet's afterword (which replaces, albeit partially, his original introduction), in which he explains his understanding of literatura testimonal; and a glossary of terms. Original work was first translated as Autobiography of a runaway slave by Jocasta Innes (1968)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-213).
Previously published: The autobiography of a runaway slave / edited by Miguel Barnet ; translated from the Spanish by Jocasta Innes.  1st American ed. New York : Pantheon Books, 1968.