A Twentieth Century Job

by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Twentieth Century Job Book Description This is the autobiography of G. Cabrera Infante, recognized as one of the most original Latin American writers. He has written novels, stories, critical essays, articles and screenplays and has lectured at universities from Cambridge to Chicago, and grew up in Cuba under the dictator Batista, knew Guevara and Fidel Castro personally and now lives in England as an exile. He is the author of "Three Trapped Tigers", "Infante's Inferno", "Holy Smoke" and "View of Dawn in the Tropics". This synopsis may refer to a different edition of this book.

Genres: Literature

371 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Gibara, Holguín, Cuba, 22 de abril de 1929 - Londres, Inglaterra, 21 de febrero de 2005) fue un escritor y guionista cubano, quien tras exiliarse de su país obtuvo la ciudadanía británica. Recibió el Premio Cervantes 1997.

Reviews

[MJ Nicholls]

A compilation of Infante’s cinema reviews circa 1954-1960, not an autobiography, as the blurb here states. Opening with a howling riot of a section where Infante discourses on his alter ego G. Cain (the pseudonym for his reviews), the book moves into considered broadsheet analyses of favourites of the fifties, from Welles, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Wilder, Malle, Truffaut, Kurosawa et al to the flops of the period, with an intermission for a fanciful punfestival before the second half. For cineastes who like their reviews literary, inventive, and accurate (Cain foresees all the huge names to come) and fans of fifties cinema, this out of print hardback is recommended.

[Juan Manuel]

Por la calidad de su prosa, Cabrera Infante es uno de los mejores críticos cinematográficos en lengua española del siglo XX. Cuando uno piensa que el escritor cubano ejerció su magisterio hace más de medio siglo, en cines habaneros, no siente más que respeto: ahora casi toda película está al alcance de la mano.

[Ricardo]

las críticas para las revistas Carteles y Revolución. Impecables el texto y la edición. Favorito del Bocio.