Reinbou

In the Time of the Butterflies meets Woman of Light in this propulsive work of historical fiction about U.S. intervention and corruption in the Dominican Republic.

The basis of the 2017 film adaptation by Andr駸 Curbelo and David Maler.

In 1976 Santo Domingo, ﾁngel Maceta uncovers the real story behind the murder of his father, Puro Maceta, ten years prior. In the process, events that unfolded during and after the war are revealed, unleashing a series of small revolutions in his community that in turn unravel other intrigues of what really took place during the Civil War of 1965.

Weaving together the brutal realities of war with the innocence of childhood imagination, Reinbou explores this era in Dominican society, a time when the U.S. sent Marines into the country to back a coup against Juan Bosch, the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic since the end of the brutal, three-decade-long dictatorship of the genocidal Rafael Trujillo. Moving between 1965 and 1976, we follow the revolutionary efforts of Puro and the transformative, feverish adventures of ﾁngel.

Told through the eyes of a child and a varied cast of friends, family, and neighbors, Reinbou explores the consequences of political and societal upheaval, corruption, and violence in modern Dominican society.

Publisher: Astra House
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781662602511


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2024
Booklist 03/01/2024 pg. 31
Publishers Weekly 03/11/2024

About the Author
Born in San Juan in 1971, Pedro Cabiya is a Puerto Rican writer who has lived for the past two decades in the Dominican Republic. He is the author of 13 books and over 100 essays and articles and is one of the most widely read writers in the Hispanic Caribbean. His short-story collection Historias Tremendas (1999) was declared Best Book of the Year by both PEN Club International and the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature. His work has been recognized by the Association of Dominican Writers and Journalists and in 2014 he was awarded the prestigious Caonabo de Oro for excellence in letters.

TRANSLATOR BIO: Jessica Powell has published translations by Pablo Neruda, Sergio Missana, Gabriela Wiener, Silvina Ocampo, among others. Her translation of Wicked Weeds (Mandel Vilar Press) by Pedro Cabiya was named a finalist for the 2017 Best Translated Book Award, made the longlist for the 2017 National Translation Award, and was a 2016 Forward Indies Winner.