Novel
La situación
Not translated into English
Lisandro Otero · 1963
Synopsis
Havana before the insurrection against Batista. Luis Dascal, a petty bourgeois whom the author saw as a Creole Julien Sorel, looks for his place in a declining bourgeoisie that lives in an artificial world, around Cristina, Carlos and Senator Cedrón. He is the only character seen from the inside: the novel follows his consciousness and his reflections, in dialogue with the other voices.
Context
The novel was awarded a prize in 1963 by the Havana institution that published it at once in its Cocuyo series. It opens a trilogy around the same character, continued with En ciudad semejante in 1970 and El árbol de la vida in 1990, gathered in 2001 under the title Trilogía cubana. Mariela Martínez Lima studies the figure of the problematic hero in it in 2024. Jean Lamore translated it into French, published by L'Harmattan in 1988.
Who it is for
A novel of conscience rather than action, centred on a single character; in French since 1988.
Prizes and reception
Casa de las Américas Novel Prize in 1963, according to OnCuba News.
Sources for this page 3
The pages consulted to check this page.