El polvo y el oro

Synopsis of El polvo y el oro

«El polvo y el oro» is the historical novel by Julio Travieso Serrano, published by Galaxia Gutenberg in hardback (589 pages, in Spanish).

The work traces the history of Cuba through a family saga founded by a Spaniard and spanning six generations, from slavery in the colonial era to the Castro revolution. Along the way, ambition, Santería, eroticism and death intertwine to portray an island marked by sensual pleasure and violence.

First edition of 1999, published in Barcelona within the Narrativa collection of Galaxia Gutenberg.

For readers of historical fiction and Latin American narrative interested in the history of Cuba.