Isla de leones (Lion Island) : El guerrero cubano de las palabras - Margarita Engle

Isla de leones (Lion Island)

El guerrero cubano de las palabras

By: Margarita Engle, Alexis Romay (Translator)

Paperback | 26 February 2019

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The Spanish translation of this "beautifully written, thought provoking" (School Library Journal, starred review) novel in verse by Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle, which tells the story of Antonio Chuffat, a young man of African, Chinese, and Cuban descent who becomes a champion for civil rights.

Asia, Africa, Europe-Antonio Chuffat's ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba. The country is fighting for freedom from Spain. Enslaved Africans and near-enslaved Chinese indentured servants are forced to work long, backbreaking hours in the fields.

So Antonio feels lucky to have found a good job as a messenger, where his richly blended cultural background is an asset. Through his work he meets Wing, a young Chinese fruit seller who barely escaped the anti-Asian riots in San Francisco, and his sister Fan, a talented singer. With injustice all around them, the three friends are determined to prove that violence is not the only way to gain liberty.

Asia, Africa, Europa: los ancestros de Antonio chocaron y se mezclaron en la hermosa isla de Cuba. El pais lucha por independizarse de Espana. Los esclavos africanos y los chinos bajo servidumbre por endeudamiento son forzados a trabajar largas horas, rompiendose el lomo en los campos de cultivo.

Por eso Antonio se siente afortunado de haber conseguido trabajo como mensajero, haciendo que su rica mezcla cultural sea una ventaja. A traves de su trabajo conoce a Wing, un joven chino vendedor de frutas que escapo a duras penas de las revueltas contra los asiaticos en California, y su hermana Fan, una talentosa cantante. Con la injusticia rodeandolos por todas partes, los tres amigos han decidido que en estos tiempos de rebelion violenta y esclavitud, las armas no han de ser el unico modo de ganar la libertad.

Perturbadora, a la vez que hermosa, esta es la historia de un muchacho que se convirtio en campeon de los derechos civiles de quienes no podian hablar por si mismos.

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