Family and Nation in the Fictionalized History of Julio Travieso’s Dust and Gold
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-106X/2026e72912Abstract
The novel Dust and Gold covers decisive periods in Cuban history, from the late 18th-century, with the rise of the slave-owning sugar economy, to the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. To this end, the author, Julio Travieso, creates a fictionalized, but no less realistic, story on one of the most representative families of that slave-owning oligarchy, the Valle Iznaga family, while combining it with other stories, those of the slaves of African descent at the service of this family; the other essential part of the Cuban nation. The novel depicts the vicissitudes of that period, as well as the final outcome in 1959, based upon a family member who organizes the various sources available to him as he shares them with his companions. This vision is countered and complemented by the voice and actions of an enslaved woman.
Keywords: Novel; History; Nation; Family; Slavery, Julio Travieso.
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