Cuba on the verge : 12 writers on continuity and change in Havana and across the country

Book 2017

As the US and Cuba move toward the normalization of diplomatic relations after an epic fifty-six-year standoff, we find ourselves face-to-face with one of the few places in the world that has been off limits to most Americans. Standing on both sides of the divide, twelve of our most celebrated writers investigate this period of momentous transition in Cuba on the Verge. These essays span the spectrum, from Carlos Manuel Álvarez's story of being...

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Cuba Politics and government 21st century

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ISBN:

9780062661067

Description:

xi, 285 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

Miami: the coconut trail / by Carlos Manuel Álvarez
Cuban capital: transition (to what?) in seven parts / by Iván de la Nuez
The personal movie: tribulations of "The Good Demons" / by Vladimir Cruz
Glamour and revolution / by Wendy Guerra
Dreaming in Cuban: a chronicle in nine innings / by Leonard Padura
The hunter: Ernesto the Jinetero / by Abraham Jiménez Enoa
Even though he's dead / by Patricio Fernández
Mi amigo Manuel / by Patricia Engel
The other shore / by Jon Lee Anderson
Secret Cuba / by Mauricio Vincent
Tropicana redux / by Francisco Goldman
Sodom's bookstore / by Rubén Gallo

Control Number:

2377149

Other Authors:

Guerriero, Leila, 1967- editor

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