Exiled Memories: A Cuban Childhood (Hardcover)

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Medina left Cuba with his family at the age of 12. In this short, personal memoir, he depicts a happy, middle-class childhood in pre-revolutionary Cuba in brief vignettes. He also shares the experience of being transplanted to the United States. He writes from the heart, seeking to recapture the essence of being Cuban despite the 30-year effort of Castro to transform Cuba. Medina's style is filled with telling detail and humorous, insightful anecdotes. With the rapid changes in the Communist world in the past year, Cuba may again before too long be seeking its pre-revolutionary past. This volume provides one person's view of what that life was like. For general readers.
- James Rhodes, Luther Coll., Decorah, Ia.
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Medina writes from the heart, seeking to recapture the essence of being Cuban... telling detail and humorous, insightful anecdotes. -- Library Journal

Medina...has a prose style as clear and fresh as a newly split mango. -- Houston Chronicle

Scenes, situations, and anecdotes splash from the pages... -- Trenton Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 119 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr; 1st edition (October 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292776365
• ISBN-13: 978-0292776364
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,015,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read, July 10, 2000

By	Moray Maxwell (USA) - See all my reviews

Pablo Medina's memoirs of growing up in Cuba are so engaging that the reader imagines he, too, has grown up on that tropical island in the 1950's.