by Miguel Barnet · Suhrkamp Verlag AG · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518374665
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«Das Lied der Rachel» is the novel by Miguel Barnet, published in 1983 by Suhrkamp Verlag AG in paperback (174 pages, in German).
The narrative portrays Havana in the 1920s and 1930s and revolves around the Alhambra theatre and Rachel, the star of a rumberos company. The city's nocturnal and musical atmosphere, with its energy and colour, serves as the setting for a story that evokes a glamorous and vibrant era.
Original work in Spanish: «Canción de Rachel»; German translation by Wilhelm Plackmeyer and epilogue by Miguel Barnet translated by Monika López. No. 966 of the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch series.
For readers of Cuban fiction interested in nightlife and the historical atmosphere of Havana in the 1920s and 1930s.
Miguel Ángel Barnet Lanza is a Cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer. Known as an expert on Afro-Cuban culture, he studied sociology at the University of Havana, under Fernando Ortiz, the pioneer of Cuban anthropology. Barnet is best known for his Biografia de un cimarrón (1966), the life of Esteban Montejo, a former slave who was 103 when they met. He had escaped and lived as a marron before slavery was abolished in Cuba.
