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Posts tagged with ‘Cuba’
LIFE IN CUBA in the 70s and 80s, as captured in the diary of an intense young writer and artist. Fascinating.
Grade: B PLUS
EVERYONE LEAVES
Amazon Publishing
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Cuba, Cuban Writers, Latino and Latina Writers, Novels
EXTRAVAGANTLY IMAGINED COLLECTION of stories by a cast of fictional “Cuban authors” is a wild Borgesian prank.
Grade: SOLID B
ADIOS, HAPPY HOMELAND
Grove Atlantic
2011
Tags: Cuba, Cuban-American Writers, Short Stories, Solid B Reviews
INSIDE CUBA TODAY with a pioneering dissident blogger; insightful and moving prose in unobtrusive translation.
Grade: B PLUS
HAVANA REAL: ONE WOMAN FIGHTS TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT CUBA TODAY
Melville House
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Cuba, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social History