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San Francisco. 1990. Mercury House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0916515710. Translated from the Spanish by Thomas & Carol Christensen. 159 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration-Christopher Columbus sailing through uncharted seas, colored engraving, circa 1585. Jacket design by Sharon Smith. keywords: Literature Translated Cuba Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-As the discovery of America approaches its quincentennial in 1992, Christopher Columbus evokes little more than a name, a list of ships, and a date recited by schoolchildren. Now, translated for the first time into English, THE HARP AND THE SHADOW provides a provocative portrait of Columbus ad seen through the eyes of one of Latin America's outstanding writers. Was Columbus a saint or a sinner? Carpentier examines the question is this historical novel. The first section, ‘The Harp', takes place in the early decades of the nineteenth century, as Pope Pius IX, faced with unrest in the Americas, seeks to beatify a unifying figure, Columbus. The second section, ‘The Hand', is a flashback: Columbus lies dying, awaiting his confessor and wrestling with his sense of failure and guilt. He ponders the disparity between his initial elation at discovery of the New World and his eventual obsession with gold and slaves. In the farcical and phantasmagoric final section, ‘The Shadow', scholars and writers from Bartolome de las Casas to Jules Verne debate whether Columbus should be beatified, while the spirit of Columbus observes them, alternately cringing and crowing. THE HARP AND THE SHADOW describes the initial encounter between the Old and the New World, exploring the tragic consequences of abandoned idealism and the difficulties of communication between two cultures. inventory #14256.