While Cuba Waits

Author : Carlos Eire
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471108358

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Waiting For Snow In Havana by Carlos Eire Pdf

A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear-spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died-and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.

Author : Track 16 Gallery and Mainspace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015047560803

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While Cuba Waits by Track 16 Gallery and Mainspace Pdf

Framed by the "Periodo Especial"-the period of economic and political upheaval that has followed the failure of perestroika-the work of artists living in Cuba in the nineties emerges from the unique ambiguity, complexity, energy, and desperation that characterize daily life in Cuba. While Cuba Waits explores the ethics, cynicism, and ideologies of these young artists in the context of their political, social, and economic environments. Includes painting, sculpture, and installation work by Pedro Álvarez, Saidel Brito, Carmen Cabrera, Sandra Ceballos, Henry Erik Hernández, Luis Gómez, Yalili Mora, René Peña, Douglas Perez, Ezequiel Suárez, and José Vincench. Edited by Kevin Power and Pilar Perez, with essays by Lupe Álvarez, Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda, and Kevin Power.

Author : Christopher Hunt
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173006317194

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Waiting for Fidel by Christopher Hunt Pdf

The New York Times says, "Christopher Hunt makes a lively travel companion." This time he has set his sights on Cuba, where crumbling but elegant facades overlook shady street activities, where vintage Ford Fairlanes rumble past Soviet Ladas in the fast lanes of eerily deserted boulevards, and where an aging Fidel Castro is struggling to maintain his grip on a population yearning for aire libre -or at least Air Jordans. When an inquisitive and mischievous American lands in Cuba and begins asking, "Where's Fidel?" the answers take him from Havana's squalid alleys to its steamy nightclubs, from its endless expanses of sugar cane to the craggy peaks that once sheltered the bearded dictator. Will Hunt find his man? An original Mariner paperback.

Author : A. Hernandez-Reguant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230618329

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Cuba in the Special Period by A. Hernandez-Reguant Pdf

This collection examines Cuban cultural production during the Special Period of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. Contributors address the cultural forms; and the associated ethics and practices of labour, leisure, and bureaucratic organization that arose in the transformation of the socialist cultural infrastructure.

Author : Betty Viamontes
Publisher : Zapote Street Books, LLC
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 098642370X

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Waiting on Zapote Street by Betty Viamontes Pdf

This book is based on a true story. Rio and Laura, two people from opposite backgrounds, meet in Havana, Cuba in January, 1961. A single, unselfish decision to help a stranger shatters their lives. The revolution they unwittingly helped solidify creates a powerful and myopic socialist government which tears them apart. Neither one of them is prepared to face the roller-coaster ride their lives become. Neither one of them could have imagined how much their love for each other would be tested, or for how long, or the impact their choices would have on their families. "The story is a classic, of young patriots caught up in a revolution and its aftermath . . . How does one live through something like this and not write about it? Many, I think, will be glad Betty Viamontes did. Her book has the texture of a sincere, honest work." - Andy Plattner, author, Offerings From a Rust Belt Jockey "Anyone who wants an inside view of life under Castro need look no further than Waiting on Zapote Street. Betty Viamontes has written a painfully accurate and wonderfully detailed memoir-novel of one family's struggle for freedom and reunion. From its opening shocks of loss and separation to its thrilling and emotional conclusion, Waiting on Zapote Street gives us a front-row-and timely-experience of a Cuban family's hardship, love, and enduring hope. -John Henry Fleming, author of Songs for the Deaf and The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman

Author : Betty Viamontes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1310406367

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Waiting on Zapote Street by Betty Viamontes Pdf

Winner of the Latino Books Into Movies Award, Drama TV Series category, an award chaired by Edward James Olmos.As the winds of revolution blow through Cuba, Laura Ocampo, a restless university student, defies her upbringing and becomes a supporter of Fidel Castro's rebels. When the hated Batista flees the country, she joins the thousands pouring into the streets to cheer as the bearded rebels, in the backs of trucks, roll into Havana in victory.Laura finds true love with a handsome revolutionary named Rio, and despite her family's pleas, they marry and start a family. But as the government becomes repressive, then brutal, she convinces Rio to leave Cuba while he still can. She plans to follow with their children, but a cruel twist of fate prevents their escape. As the country deteriorates, Laura must fight to protect and provide for her children while continuing to seek a way out. Separated by world politics and the communist regime, Rio and Laura are forced into things they had never imagined--including Santeria and organized crime--in order to survive. The one last chance to reunite their family will be greatest test of courage Laura has ever faced.3rd column, first page.What are people saying about this novel?"From its opening shocks of loss and separation to its thrilling and emotional conclusion, Waiting on Zapote Street gives us a front-row experience of a Cuban family's hardship, love, and enduring love." John Henry Fleming, author and University of South Florida Creative Writing professor."This touching narrative depicts the harrowing trials, loss and separation that hit one particular family in Cuba when Castro comes to power...The author demonstrates numerous layers of Cuban life and belief..." Judge, 25th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Public Book Awards."We were captivated by this intimate portrayal of the impact of "la revolución." United Nations (UN) Women Book Club of Gulf Coast."The story will take the reader on a rollercoaster ride filled with love and also anger that will test your emotions... It is definitely one of the best books I've read." The Latino Author.

Author : Sujatha Fernandes
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 0822338912

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Cuba Represent! by Sujatha Fernandes Pdf

The government has allowed vocal criticism of its policies to be expressed within the arts.

Author : Eduardo Machado
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781559366601

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Havana is Waiting and Other Plays by Eduardo Machado Pdf

Recent works from the Cuban American playwright.

Author : Guillermina De Ferrari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317813446

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Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba by Guillermina De Ferrari Pdf

Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the globalization of Cuban culture, along with the bankruptcy of the state, partly modified the terms of intellectual engagement. However, no significant change took place at the political level. In Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba, De Ferrari looks into the extraordinary survival of the Revolution by focusing on the personal, political and aesthetic social pacts that determined the configuration of the socialist state. Through close critical readings of a representative set of contemporary Cuban novels and works of visual art, this book argues that ethics and gender, rather than ideology, account for the intellectuals’ fidelity to the Revolution. Community and Culture does three things: it demonstrates that masculine sociality is the key to understanding the longevity of Cuba’s socialist regime; it examines the sociology of cultural administration of intellectual labor in Cuba; and it maps the emergent ethical and aesthetic paradigms that allow Cuban intellectuals to envision alternative forms of community and civil society.

Author : Lisandro Perez,Uva de Aragon
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822970569

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Cuban Studies 31 by Lisandro Perez,Uva de Aragon Pdf

Cuban Studies has been published annually by the University of Pittsburgh Press since 1985. Founded in 1970, it is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba. Each volume includes articles in both English and Spanish, a large book review section, and an exhaustive compilation of recent works in the field.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264989047

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OECD Health Policy Studies Waiting Times for Health Services Next in Line by OECD Pdf

The report reviews a range of policies that countries have used to tackle waiting times for different services, including elective surgery and primary care consultations, but also cancer care and mental health services, with a focus on identifying the most successful ones.

Author : Susan Eva Eckstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108830614

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Cuban Privilege by Susan Eva Eckstein Pdf

The first book to document the full range of entitlements granted to Cubans over other immigrants for more than half a century, highlighting the racial and political biases embedded within US immigration policy. A fascinating, topical account of interest to policy makers and scholars of Latin America.

Author : Cristina García
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307798008

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Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García Pdf

“Impressive . . . [Cristina García’s] story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. Her special feat is to tell it in a style as warm and gentle as the ‘sustaining aromas of vanilla and almond,’ as rhythmic as the music of Beny Moré.”—Time Cristina García’s acclaimed book is the haunting, bittersweet story of a family experiencing a country’s revolution and the revelations that follow. The lives of Celia del Pino and her husband, daughters, and grandchildren mirror the magical realism of Cuba itself, a landscape of beauty and poverty, idealism and corruption. Dreaming in Cuban is “a work that possesses both the intimacy of a Chekov story and the hallucinatory magic of a novel by Gabriel García Márquez” (The New York Times). In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the novel’s original publication, this edition features a new introduction by the author. Praise for Dreaming in Cuban “Remarkable . . . an intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic . . . evocative and lush.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Captures the pain, the distance, the frustrations and the dreams of these family dramas with a vivid, poetic prose.”—The Washington Post “Brilliant . . . With tremendous skill, passion and humor, García just may have written the definitive story of Cuban exiles and some of those they left behind.”—The Denver Post

Author : Carlos M. N. Eire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 1416544720

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Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos M. N. Eire Pdf

Author : J. Roy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230101364

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The Cuban Revolution (1959-2009) by J. Roy Pdf

Fifty years after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba, the two fundamental dimensions of this historical phenomenon are the survival of the system created by Fidel Castro and the policy of the United States to terminate it.