The Book of Havana : A City in Short Fiction Paperback / softback
by Daniel Chavarria, Francisco Lopez Sacha, Laidi Fernandez De Juan, Eduardo A. Santiesteban, Irina J. Davidenko, Cinthia Paredes, Eduardo Heras Leon, Ahmel Echevarria Pere, Jorge Enrique Lage
Edited by Orsola Casagrande
Part of the Reading the City series
Paperback / softback
Description
The stories gathered in this anthology reflect the many complex challenges Havana's citizens have had to endure as a result of their country's political isolation - from the hardships of the 'Special Period', to the pitfalls of Cuba's schizophrenic currency system, to the indignities of becoming a cheap tourist destination for well-heeled Westerners.
Moving through various moments in its recent history, as well as through different neighbourhoods - from the prefab, Soviet-era maze of Alamar, to the bars and nightclubs of the Malecon and Vedado - these stories also demonstrate the defiance of Havana: surviving decades of economic disappointment with a flair for the comic, the surreal and the fantastical that remains as fresh as the first dreams of revolution. Translated from the Spanish by Orsola Casagrande and Seamas Carraher.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Comma Press
- Publication Date:21/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781910974018
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Comma Press
- Publication Date:21/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781910974018
