¡Ecué-Yamba-Ó!

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In Alejo Carpentier
…1933 he published a novel, ¡Ecue-Yamba-O! (“Praised Be God!”), in the same vein. In 1928 Carpentier had fled Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado’s repressive regime and settled in Paris. He remained in France until 1939, when he returned to Havana. In 1945 he left Havana again, this time for Caracas, Venezuela.…
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