Captain of the Sleepers

Author

Mayra Montero

Original Work

The Captain of Sleepers

Translator

Edith Grossman

Language

English

Year

2007

Publisher

Picador

Country

United States

Pages

192

ISBN

978-0312425432

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From the author of The Last Night I Spent With You comes "a captivating tale of love, politics, and death" (The Charlotte Observer) 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.— Google Books