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Guillermo cabrera infante begins his novel, three trapped tigers, with an epigraph taken from lewis carroll. Filled with puns, wordplay, lists upon lists, and sternean typographysuch as the section entitled some revelations, which consists of several blank pagesthis novel has been praised as a more modern, sexier, funnier, cuban ulysses. Mirror images in three trapped tigers semantic scholar. A onetime supporter of the castro regime, cabrera infante went into exile to london in 1965. Written in exile, the jokey, filmnoirish collage evokes pre. Three trapped tigers latin american literature series 9781564783790. In the manner of james joyces ulysses, this highly successful novel chronicles the adventures of several young characters in havanas. Complete summary of guillermo cabrera infante s three trapped tigers. Three trapped tigers are an instrumental experimental rock trio from london composed of keyboardist and vocalist tom rogerson, drummer adam betts, and guitarist matt calvert. Three trapped tigers, winner of the bibliotheca breve. Three trapped tigers latin american literature series.
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