| Cuba Contributor(s): Bardach, Ann Louise (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1883513111 ISBN-13: 9781883513115 Publisher: Whereabouts Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2002 Annotation: The best modern short fiction by Cuban writers are arranged by region to illuminate this country for travelers. Many stories appear in English for the first time. Contributors include Reinaldo Arenas, Alejo Carpentier, Gullermo Cabrera Infante, Christina Garcia, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Jose Lezama Lima, and Achy Obejas, among others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American - Travel | Caribbean & West Indies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002002408 |
| Series: Traveller's Literary Companion (Whereabouts) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.1" W x 7.2" (0.56 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Travel to Cuba in the company of its finest writers and gain an understanding of its remarkable mystique. The twenty-one stories in this collection -- some of which appear in English for the first time -- will take you on an odyssey through the country's rich past to its dynamic present, where it is poised at the brink of immense change. Arranged by the areas of Cuba they illuminate, these stories offer up a rich literary banquet. Contributors include Luis Aguilar Le n, Mar a Eugenia Alegr a Nu ez, Uva de Arag n, Reinaldo Arenas, Richard Blanco, Lino Nov s Calvo, Calvert Casey, Alfonso Hern ndez Cat , Josefina de Diego, Abilio Est vez, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Cristina Garcia, Pedro Juan Guti rrez, Jos Lezama Lima, Pablo Medina, Ana Men ndez, Ernesto Mestre, Mayra Montero, Achy Obejas, Senel Paz, Antonio Jos Ponte, and Zo Vald s. |