New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Uruguayan literary critic's stunning first novel: a lyrical, powerful recreation of Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan's historic search for the Spice Islands and his expedition around the globe. Beginning in 1519, the explorer's journey is chronicled by Juanillo Ponce, a half-Jewish jester who has converted to Christianity because of the Spanish Inquisition." (Kirkus) The original Spanish edition won the Novela Casa de las Americas Award in 1989. Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. 347 pp. ISBN: 0-151562962.