The Black Cathedral, the novel that won the critics' award for best book in Cuba 2012

A novel described by the "New York Times" as disturbing, lofty in its literary style, and surreal, "The Black Cathedral" by Marcel Jala, translated by Mohamed Abdel Aziz, tells about the Stewart family who moved to one of Cuba's simple neighborhoods. The residents of the neighborhood saw in this family faith and piety, especially when they announced shortly after their arrival that they came to build the largest cathedral in Cuba, for the neighborhood's people. But they do not know that this "Black Cathedral" will be the cause of a curse that will afflict everyone. Gangsters, ghosts, and serial killers narrate what happens in the neighborhood of conflicts and murders at the foot of the cathedral, which becomes more complicated day after day, and as a result, a new generation full of violence and cruelty appears, responsible for getting rid of the curse of this cathedral. Marcel Jala is a novelist, poet, engineer, and a member of the Union of Writers and Artists in Cuba. He was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1965. He received the "Pinos Nuevos" short story award in 1999. This novel was first published in 2012, and it won the "Alijo Carpenter" Literature Award in 2012, as well as the critics' award for best published work in Cuba in 2012. Jala also won the "In" magazine award in 2018 for his novel "Duties Towards Nothing." He currently lives between Buenos Aires and Thiene Fuje. Author: Marcel Jala Translation: Mohamed Abdel Aziz Publisher: Al-Arabi for Publishing and Distribution