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48 popular cuban books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around North America Challenge" were written by authors from Cuba. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.



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La Isla de Cuba: twaalf verhalen en een revolutie by various NL

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Twaalf verhalen en een Revolutie is een bloemlezing waarin de veranderingen op het eiland vanuit verschillende hoeken worden belicht. Het zijn verhalen van schrijvers die na 1970 zijn geboren, midden in de dogmatische jaren van de Cubaanse Revolutie toen het bijna niet mogelijk was om alternatieve politieke geluiden te laten horen. In deze twaalf verhalen laten de schrijvers dat geluid nu wel horen. Een belangrijk element in deze bundel is ironie. Sommige schrijvers steken bijvoorbeeld de draak met nationale helden. En het openingsverhaal 'Vlees' vertelt het bizarre avontuur van twe... continue

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La tribu : retratos de Cuba by Carlos Manuel Álvarez ES

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Engrossing essays by talented Cuban writer about people of that island and their daily lives between 2014 and 2016. Covers period from resumption of diplomatic relations with US to death of Fidel Castro. Offers intimate portraits of many Cubans who lived through revolution--dancers, poets, mothers, baseball players--comprising snapshot of nation on verge of great change.
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Letters to My Mother by Teresa Cardenas EN

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In a series of letters to her dead mother, a young Afro-Cuban girl describes her struggles with racism, living on the goodwill of relatives, and self-acceptance. Reprint.

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Los pasos perdidos by Alejo Carpentier ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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Buscar la utopia es querer encontrar el paraiso, y viceversa. Alejo Carpentier lo intentó por medio de un riquisimo lenguaje, de la naturaleza exuberante. Los pasos perdidos es un descenso a las raices, una travesía cargada de símbolos y de un a ancestral tradición cultural. Esta novela, escrita narra un viaje de vuelta: el protagonista, musicólogo, emprende una expedición al país de su infancia en busca de instrumentos musicales primitivos, al mismo tiempo, es una fuga: huye de un trabajo sinsentido, de una sociedad corrompida.

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Martina the Beautiful Cockroach : A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy EN

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The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning retel... continue

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Máscaras by Leonardo Padura ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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En la tupida arboleda del Bosque de La Habana aparece un 6 de agosto, el día en que la Iglesia celebra la transfiguración de Jesús, el cuerpo de un travestí con el lazo de seda roja de la muerte aún al cuello. Para mayor zozobra del Conde –el policía encargado de la investigación–, aquella mujer «sin los beneficios de la naturaleza», vestida de rojo, resulta ser Alexis Arayán, hijo de un respetado diplomático del régimen cubano. La investigación se inicia con la visita del Conde al impresionante personaje del Marqués, hombre de letras y de teatro, homosexual desterrado en su propia tierra en u... continue



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