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Captain of the Sleepers

3.5/5 ( ratings)

From the author of The Last Night I Spent With You comes "a captivating tale of love, politics, and death"

For fifty years, Andrés Yasin has carried a grudge against J. T. Bunker. Now eighty-three-years-old and dying, Bunker wants to tell his side of the story, the story of his affair with Estela, Andrés's mother. As a child Andrés knew Bunker as the "Captain of the Sleepers"--so called because he transported back to Vieques those who had died on the mainland but wished to be buried at home. But what really happened between Bunker and Estela, and between Estela and her one true love, a leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Movement? What did Andrés witness, and what were the real circumstances of his mother's mysterious death?

Beautifully translated by Edith Grossman, Captain of the Sleepers is a startling tale of remembrance and reality, and Mayra Montero's finest book yet.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador USA

Release: January 23, 2007

ISBN: 0312425430

ISBN 13: 9780312425432

Captain of the Sleepers

3.5/5 ( ratings)

From the author of The Last Night I Spent With You comes "a captivating tale of love, politics, and death"

For fifty years, Andrés Yasin has carried a grudge against J. T. Bunker. Now eighty-three-years-old and dying, Bunker wants to tell his side of the story, the story of his affair with Estela, Andrés's mother. As a child Andrés knew Bunker as the "Captain of the Sleepers"--so called because he transported back to Vieques those who had died on the mainland but wished to be buried at home. But what really happened between Bunker and Estela, and between Estela and her one true love, a leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Movement? What did Andrés witness, and what were the real circumstances of his mother's mysterious death?

Beautifully translated by Edith Grossman, Captain of the Sleepers is a startling tale of remembrance and reality, and Mayra Montero's finest book yet.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador USA

Release: January 23, 2007

ISBN: 0312425430

ISBN 13: 9780312425432

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