His short stories include one in which five different Noahs sail five different boats, "The Chosen," as well as a humorous work about an ambassador, "Right of Sanctuary." Both
His short stories include one in which five different Noahs sail five different boats, "The Chosen," as well as a humorous work about an ambassador, "Right of Sanctuary." Both of those stories were collected in The War of Time, a volume that preceded this man's novel about a conquistador's encounter with Vivaldi and the subsequent decision to compose the opera Motezuma. Another of his novels, which features the prostitute Estrella and climaxes at a concert hall during a performance of Eroica, centers on the pursuit of an informer and is called Manhunt. In another novel, this author adopted the story of Victor Hughes, a naval hero who led the assault against the British at Guadeloupe. That work, originally called The Age of Enlightenment, was translated into English as Explosion in a Cathedral. His earliest success which begins with the resistance of Macandal and tells the story of Ti Noel, who lives through the revolution in his native Haiti, may be best known for its preface which argued for an intermingling of the everyday with the miraculous in Latin American Literature. For 10 points, identify this Cuban author of such works as The Lost Steps, who introduced the concept of magical realism in his novel The Kingdom of this World.
His short stories include one in which five different Noahs sail five different boats, "The Chosen," as well as a humorous work about an ambassador, "
Alejo Carpentier