The book was so controversial that it was not published in cuba until 1914, 73 years after its. She was the author of a pioneering abolitionist novel, sab 1841, as well as novels on mexicos aztec past and a protofeminist novel dos mujeres 1842. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. So controversial was sabs theme of miscegenation and its parallel between the powerlessness and enslavement of blacks and the economic. This book was not published in cuba until 1914 after is original publication in 1841. Eleven years before uncle toms cabin fanned the fires of abolition in north america, an aristocratic cuban woman told a. Sab and autobiography texas pan american series by. When she was nine years old her father died and her mother remarried.
So controversial was sab s theme of miscegenation and its parallel. Author of original novels, short stories and drama, she wrote sab 18361841, considered the first cuban novel about slavery in the island. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
The main character in the book is sab he is a slave but is also the son of the patron, he just doesnt know it yet. Estudio frances y leyo mucho, sobre todo autores espanoles y franceses. This story of a slaves unrequited love for the woman who possessed him is set in 19thcentury colonial cuba. Eleven years before uncle toms cabin fanned the fires of abolition in north america, an aristocratic cuban woman told an impassioned story of the fatal love of a mulatto slave for his white owners daughter. Within its plots and subplots sab comprises a modern message. Her most famous work, however, is the antislavery novel sab, published in madrid in 1841.