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Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke

by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Anecdotes, facetiae, satireCigar industryCigarsCigars in literatureHistory
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Open Library

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*Puro humo* es varios libros a la vez: una historia del tabaco que empieza con su descubrimiento por un marino de la nao capitana, Rodrigo de Jerez, es además una celebración del tabaco y del fumar esa hoja extraña —y una rapsodia en que intervienen el cigarrillo y la pipa—. Pero es más que nada una crónica erudita de la relación entre el puro y el cine. No es por gusto que en la portada aparezca Groucho Marx en su sofá a la espera de su musa —o de un analista—. En realidad Groucho solo quiere que alguien le dé fuego a su habano. Este libro lo hace por él, para convertir al puro en fuego y ceniza.

Themes & subjects

Anecdotes, facetiae, satireCigar industryCigarsCigars in literatureHistorySmoking

About the author

Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante

22 Apr 1929 – 21 Feb 2005

Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Gibara, 22 de abril de 1929 – 21 de febrero de 2005) fue un novelista, ensayista, traductor, guionista y crítico cubano. En la década de 1950 utilizó el seudónimo Guillermo Caín. Si bien en el pasado apoyó al régimen de Castro, Cabrera Infante se exilió en Londres en 1965. Es conocido principalmente por la novela *Tres Tristes Tigres.* Recibió el Premio Cervantes en 1997. ---------- Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym Guillermo Caín. A one-time supporter of the Castro regime, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in…

Author

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Pages

329

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

10

Languages

English, Spanish, German

Publisher

Alfaguara

ISBN

9788466304986

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