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Pig's Foot
by Carlos Acosta
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Pub Date 30 Oct 2013 | Archive Date 13 Nov 2013
Description
Selected as one of The Waterstones Eleven, for the best fiction debuts of 2013, Pig’s Foot is a dazzling novel of revolution, family secrets, love and identity across four generations.
Oscar Mandinga, great-grandchild of the founders of a small hamlet of
wooden shacks and red earth deep in the Cuban hinterland, is a sardonic
teller of tales – some taller than others – of slavery, revolution,
family secrets, love and identity, spanning four generations.
One
day Oscar Mandinga wakes to find himself utterly alone in the world. As
the sole descendant of his family line he is not sure what to do or
where he should go, but in the midst of this uncertainty, he holds fast
to what his grandfather always told him: ‘No man knows who he is until
he knows his past, the history of his country.’
As Oscar sets out
to find his ancestral village of Pata de Puerco and the meaning of the
magical pig’s-foot amulet he has inherited, the search for his country’s
hidden history becomes entangled with his search for the truth about
himself.
Ambitious in scope, yet intimate in tone, rippling with
vitality and driven by passion, full of dark comedy, magical history and
startling revelations, Pig’s Foot is a dazzling evocation of Cuba’s tumultuous history. It is a spellbinding accomplishment.
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Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781408833711 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |