(PDF/ePub) The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times By Anthony DePalma
The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times
[DePalma] renders a Cuba few tourists will ever see . . . You won't forget these people soon, and you are bound to emerge from DePalma's bighearted account with a deeper understanding of a storied island . . . A remarkably revealing glimpse into the world of a muzzled yet irrepressibly ebullient neighbor.--The New York Times Modern Cuba comes alive in a vibrant portrait of a group of families's varied journeys in one community over the last twenty years.Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. In his new book, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous challenges that Cubans face: a moving snapshot of Cuba with all its contradictions as the new regime opens the gate to the capitalism that Fidel railed against for so long.In Guanabacoa, longtime residents prove enterprising
Product details: The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times
Author : Anthony DePalma
Pages : 368 pages
Publisher : Penguin Books
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ISBN-10 : 0525522468
ISBN-13 : 9780525522461

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