Books set in Cuba (35)
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11.
Faith Among Shadows by Malcolm Leal EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Lying face down on the muddy jungle floor, with the taste of his own blood in his mouth, all Malcolm Leal could do was call upon the God of his great-grandmother. Florencia Martinez Hernandez raised Malcolm as her own son in a small fishing village on the northern coast of Cuba. Teaching Malcolm wisdom gleaned from the worn pages of her century-old Bible, Florencia spoke of a temple "promised to all people" and that there were men on earth who "walked with God." Most importantly, she taught him to rely on "her" God for everything. While on assignment for the Cuban Special Forces in the dense r... continue
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Freedom's Mirror : Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution by Ada Ferrer EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
During the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation. When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left in the world market for sugar, to buttress the institutions of slavery and colonial rule, and to prevent "another Haiti" from happening in their ... continue
13.
Havana Year Zero by Karla Suarez EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
It was as if we’d reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That’s how low we sank.
The year is 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, Havana is at Year Zero: the lowest possible point, going nowhere. Desperate to seize control of her life, Julia teams up with her colleague and former lover, Euclid, to seek out a document that proves the telephone was invented... continue
14.
Hecho en Saturno by Rita Indiana Hernández ES
Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Aborda las contradicciones y la devastacin̤ ideolg̤ica que conecta Cuba con su natal Repb︢lica Dominicana. Argenis Luna, hijo prd̤igo de la revolucin̤ que nunca fue, es ya un personaje mt̕ico
15.
Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime."--
16.
Island Treasures : Growing Up in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms, and five brand new stories.
17.
La casa de Dostoievsky by Jorge Edwards ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
De avonturen van een Chileense dichter in de jaren '50.
19.
Letters to My Mother by Teresa Cardenas EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
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.
20.
Los pasos perdidos by Alejo Carpentier ES
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
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.