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Benito Cereno
- Narrated by: Rolf Boysen
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Kapitän Amaso Delano nimmt im Morgengrauen ein fremdes Schiff wahr - unkontrolliert und ohne Flagge treibt es auf den Hafen zu, in dem er vor Anker liegt. Delano vermutet, dass das Schiff in Seenot geraten ist, und möchte helfen. Doch damit bringt er sich in große Schwierigkeiten, denn aufständische schwarze Sklaven haben dort das Ruder übernommen und der einstige Kapitän Benito Cereno muss um sein Leben bangen. "Benito Cereno" ist eine vielschichtig erzählte Novelle über die Konsequenzen von Rassismus und das Ausmaß menschlicher Grausamkeit, eindringlich gelesen von Rolf Boysen.