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From Publishers Weekly
In Travelers' Tales Cuba: True Stories, editor Tom Miller (Trading with the Enemy) has gathered 38 essays by Western ex-pats, Cuban exiles and travelers of all stripes, including Cristina García, Pico Iyer, James Michener, Andrei Codrescu and Robert Stone. Novelist Elisio Alberto recollects his 1970s stint at the magazine Cuba Internacional, "a real Gothic cave where chance had gathered together twelve or thirteen madmen who were not afraid of anybody or anything, not even of daydreaming, perhaps the bravest thing of all in this most extraordinary world designed by God or the Devil." From his rental car, Dave Eggars comes to understand something of Cubans' reality: "That becomes the point it had not been the plan at the outset but now is the mission, one thrust upon us the picking up of people, because, as we learn soon enough, the most common roadside scenery in Cuba, besides the horse-drawn wagons and broken-down classic American cars, is its hitchhikers."
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Since it is illegal for U.S. citizens to vacation in Cuba (you need to have a journalistic, cultural, or educational purpose), for many this new book in the popular "Travelers' Tales" series may just be the next best thing. Sit back and enjoy the true tales of old Havana, of vivacious women in Spandex and the sultry men who appreciate them. Then bike across the island from east to west, trek the sites where the revolution began, tour the Isle of Youth (formally a prison center), or relax along the beaches of the north coast. In this 38-essay volume, whose contributors include such noted writers as Pico Iyer, James Michener, and Christina Garcia, the good times are skillfully balanced with the bad. Editor Miller, the author of the acclaimed Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba, has intermingled here the essays on Cuba's rich cultural heritage with those dealing with its complex and still turbulent political system. The only complaint is that at times it seems as if the endings to these fascinating stories come too soon. Recommended for all public and academic libraries. Lee Arnold, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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United States, New York, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs, Che Guevara, Isle of Youth, Sierra Maestra, Dos Hermanos, Latin American, Los Angeles, Nueva Gerona, Barrio Chino, Communist Party, Havana Club, North American, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, House of Tango, Juan Carlos, Professor Aruca, Habana Vieja, Las Coloradas, Parque Armona, Pedro Luis New!
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United States, New York, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs, Che Guevara, Isle of Youth, Sierra Maestra, Dos Hermanos, Latin American, Los Angeles, Nueva Gerona, Barrio Chino, Communist Party, Havana Club, North American, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, House of Tango, Juan Carlos, Professor Aruca, Habana Vieja, Las Coloradas, Parque Armona, Pedro Luis New!
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- Six Days in Havana by James A. Michener on page 21, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Waiting for Fidel by Christopher Hunt on page 198, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson on page 202, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Fall of Che Guevara: A Story of Soldiers, Spies, and Diplomats by Henry Butterfield Ryan on page 271, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway in Front Matter, page 153, and Back Matter
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- Cuba (Country Guide) by Brendan Sainsbury in Front Matter
- Travelers' Tales American Southwest by Sean O'Reilly on page 270
- Es Cuba: Life and Love on an Illegal Island by Lea Aschkenas in Back Matter
- Lonely Planet Cuba by Conner Gorry in Front Matter
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