THE INCREDIBLE WEDDING OF A DICTATOR

About the Book

The novel is divided in ten chapters. It starts with the wedding of one the victims of the dictator. In the preamble, there are two godfathers [compadres] (two fathers, one who has baptized the other one son) who share their manuscripts about a fictitious community called Dolorosa Village, the finding of the original manuscript of Christopher Columbus, known as Columbus Journal; and about the apocalyptic predictions of the island. Then, continues the description of the priest of the community; followed by the life of the dictator of Dolorosa: his origin, his political tricks, and his repressive measures, the adventures of his centaurs, the extravagance of his wedding, his decadence, and his death. In the same way, the life of the hero is developed parallel to the dictator with all his vicissitudes and struggles against him. The novel continues with the desperation and exodus of the younger members of the community, and the destruction almost of the whole island caused by a tsunami. Finally, it is closed with an epilogue where the two godparents make a scrutiny about the books written during the dictatorship.

About the Author

Biography Horacio A. Hernández was born in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic; he holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin American literature from the State University of New York at Albany where he was awarded a Teaching Assistanship. He has a Licenciatura in Modern Languages from Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), 1987. Before coming to USA, Dr. Hernández worked for ten years as a Spanish language trainer and technical coordinator for the Peace Corps. He also taught for six years at Northfield Mount Hermon Scchool, MA; and seven years in Houghton College, Houghton, NY. Dr. Hernández has been in Montreat College, North Carolina, since 2003 as a professor of Spanish Language and Literature. He is the author of The Incredible Wedding, a novel in Spanish with the title, La boda increíble; this novel is now translated into English with the title, The Incredible Wedding of a Dictator. Dr. Hernández also wrote a book of poetry, Divagaciones Poéticas. He is now working in his second novel, and with a collection of short stories.