Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
Havana Red
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
Havana Red
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
Havana Fever
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The return of Mario Conde.
Havana Blue
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The third in the Havana Quartet series.
Havana Gold
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The fourth of the Havana Quartet series.
The Book of Havana
Author: Daniel ChavarriaPublisher: Comma Press
ISBN: 1912697041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
When a history teacher decides to throw out an old, threadbare Cuban flag, he doesn’t plan for the air of suspicion that quickly descends on him… A woman’s attempt to register ownership of her family home draws her into a bureaucratic labyrinth that requires a grasp of higher mathematics to fully comprehend… On the day of their graduation, a group of students spend the night drinking around the ‘Fountain of Youth’, ironically celebrating the bright future that doesn’t await them… The stories gathered in this anthology reflect the many complex challenges Havana’s citizens have had to endure as a result of their country’s political isolation – from the hardships of the ‘Special Period’, to the pitfalls of Cuba’s schizophrenic currency system, to the indignities of becoming a cheap tourist destination for well-heeled Westerners. Moving through various moments in its recent history, as well as through different neighbourhoods – from the prefab, Soviet-era maze of Alamar, to the bars and nightclubs of the Malecón and Vedado – these stories also demonstrate the defiance of Havana: surviving decades of economic disappointment with a flair for the comic, the surreal and the fantastical that remains as fresh as the first dreams of revolution. Translated from the Spanish by Orsola Casagrande and Séamas Carraher.
Havana Noir
Author: Achy ObejasPublisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
“[A] superb collection . . . The 18 stories by current and former residents of Havana are gritty, heartbreaking and capture the city.” —Orlando Sentinel To most outsiders, Havana is a tropical sin city. Habaneros know that this is neither new nor particularly true. In the real Havana—the lawless Havana that never appears in the postcards or tourist guides—the concept of sin has been banished by the urgency of need. And need—aching and hungry—inevitably turns the human heart darker, feral, and criminal. In this Havana, crime, though officially vanquished by revolutionary decree, is both wistfully quotidian and personally vicious. In the stories of Havana Noir, current and former residents of the city—some international sensations such as Leonardo Padura, others exciting new voices like Yohamna Depestre—uncover crimes of violence and loveless sex, of mental cruelty and greed, of self-preservation and collective hysteria. Other authors include: Pablo Medina, Alex Abella, Arturo Arango, Lea Aschkenas, Moisés Asís, Arnaldo Correa, Mabel Cuesta, Michel Encinosa Fú, Mylene Fernández Pintado, Carolina García-Aguilera, Miguel Mejides, Achy Obejas, Oscar F. Ortíz, Ena Lucía Portela, Mariela Varona Roque, and Yoss. “[A] remarkable collection . . . gritty tales of deprivation, depravity, heroic perseverance, revolution and longing in a city mythical and widely misunderstood.” —The Miami Herald
Havana Black
Author: Leonardo PaduraPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1904738877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Second Conde mystery set in languid Havana.
All the Way to Havana
Author: Margarita EnglePublisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 1627796428
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Showcasing the colorful buildings and iconic classic cars of Havana, this verse picture book follows a Cuban boy and his family on their road trip into the city.
Havana
Author: Stephen HunterPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451627246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
It is 1953 and Cuba is at its lush and glamorous best. However, the rise of a daring revolutionary named Fidel Castro threatens this tropical paradise. Legendary sniper Earl Swagger is called in by the CIA to take Castro out. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.