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    by Miguel Barnet

    “"Biography of a Runaway Slave is the result of interviews—not a novel, really, but a testimony across time, as authentic a voice of history as you are likely to hear."--”—National Catholic Reporter

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    In this remarkable testimony, Cuban novelist and anthropologist Miguel Barnet presents the narrative of 105-year-old Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier in the Cuban War of Independence. Honest, blunt, compassionate, shrewd, and engaging, his voice provides an extraordinary insight into the African culture that took root in the Caribbean.

     paperback /ISBN 978-1-880684-18-4 / $13.95
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