Caracol Beach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375705069)

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 kill him. That decision sets in motion a night of violence that draws an odd assortment of characters into Beto's orbit. In scenes that range from the jungles of Angola to a seedy Florida bar, Alberto explores war, madness, exile, and the redemptive power of love.

Translated by Edith Grossman.

Author: Eliseo Alberto
ISBN-10: 0375705066
ISBN-13: 9780375705069
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2001
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.21w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/03/2002 pg. 20