La Habana para un infante difunto

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La Habana para un infante difunto is a semi-autobiographical novel by Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante that nostalgically and playfully evokes pre-revolutionary Havana through the memories of a young protagonist.

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instanceOf novel
semi-autobiographical novel
associatedWith Cuban Revolution
surface form: Cuban Revolution (as historical background)
author Guillermo Cabrera Infante
countryOfOrigin Cuba
depicts Cuban popular culture
Havana nightlife
cinema culture in Havana
hasProtagonistTrait cinephilia
nostalgic reflection
sexual curiosity
hasTitleWordplay reference to Maurice Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte
languageStyle baroque prose
experimental narrative
literaryGenre Bildungsroman
autobiographical fiction
modernist novel
literaryMovement Latin American literature
postmodern literature
literarySignificance important work of Cuban narrative of the 20th century
mainCharacter young male protagonist
narrativeForm prose
narrativePerspective first-person narration
notableFeature intertextual references
nostalgic portrayal of Havana
playful use of language
wordplay and puns
originalLanguage Spanish
placeInAuthorOeuvre major work of Guillermo Cabrera Infante
relatedWorkByAuthor Mapa dibujado por un espía
Tres tristes tigres
settingCountry Cuba
settingLocation Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
targetAudience adult readers
temporalSetting 1940s
1950s
pre-revolutionary Cuba
theme erotic awakening
exile and nostalgia
memory
urban life
youth

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante notableWork La Habana para un infante difunto
Vista del amanecer en el trópico relatedWork La Habana para un infante difunto
Holy Smoke sharesStyleWith La Habana para un infante difunto