The entertaining satire of the Cuban community in Miami is filled with hilarious scenes and characters, including a lovesick girl determined to be a cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins, a poor Cuban American who becomes Pope, another Cuban American who begins a guerrilla war to separate Florida from the Union and a ditsy plantain-chip magnate.
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The opening chapters of this work, the Cuban-born author's first in English, read as unrelated vignettes rather than parts of a novel. But gradually, as the various characters, all denizens of Miami's Little Havana, reappear and interweave their stories, the book's form and internal logic become evident. What there is of a plot is surreal and mercurial amidst the dense interplay of dialogue, remembrances of a mythically bountiful Cuba, fictitious emigre newspaper columns and frequently hilarious television broadcasts (one reports on a new Florida law, enacted to decrease traffic jams, that relegates shoppers to certain malls according to birth date). In this family saga, Keith Rodriguez is arrested for smuggling cocaine from Colombia, then escapes from jail and forms a revolutionary group in the Everglades. His lovesick sister Connie, a cheerleader, hangs herself and is canonized by their brother Quinn, who becomes the pope of a religion that sweeps the world and causes the U.S.S.R. to invade Alaska. Fernandez's spirited, appealing book, with its hyperbolic visions, is like an Under Milkwood written by a Cuban William Burroughs.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"... an affectionate autobiographical memoir cast in a rather fantastic shape by a talented, developing writer." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Fernández's spirited, appealing book, with its hyperbolic visions, is like an Under Milkwood written by a Cuban William Burroughs." -- Publishers Weekly
"Fernández's spirited, appealing book, with its hyperbolic visions, is like an Under Milkwood written by a Cuban William Burroughs." -- Publishers Weekly
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This book explores the Cuban-American life in Miami.,
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This review is from: Raining Backwards (Paperback)
Fernandez does an excellent job capturing the realities of Cuban life in Miami. He includes a magical realism in his work that keeps the reader glued to the page. This book is of importance not just in the realm of assimilation in America, but in terms of the socio-psychological impact that it has on all of us. I highly recommend this book to any immigrant or native citizen of this country. It provides us with a well-rounded view of the lives of multiple generations in Cuba.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Satirical look at Cuban-American life in Miami,
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This review is from: Raining Backwards (Paperback)
Raining Backwards is satire to one of its higest extents. Following the life of Cuban immigrants, who long for their homeland, struggle with their Americanized children, and attempt to hold on to their culture while clashing with a narrow-minded Anglo society. This novel is--as cliched as it may sound--laugh-out-loud-funny, yet deals with issues that many people, especially Miami residents and those of Cuban descent, will recognize. I highly recommend this novel to anyone interested in the culture of Cuba and how it meshes into the culture of the United States.
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