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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy - Paperback - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 0743246411
- Book Title
- Waiting for Snow in Havana : Confessions of a Cuban Boy
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Cultural Heritage, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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"Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban." In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba -- exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by the revolution. The memories of Carlos's life in Havana, cut short when he was just eleven years old, are at the heart of this stunning, evocative, and unforgettable memoir.Waiting for Snow in Havanais both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlos's youth -- with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestas -- becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal, political dissent leads to imprisonment, and too many of Carlos's friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there, too, and fulfill his mother's dreams by becoming a modern American man -- even if his soul remains in the country he left behind.Narrated with the urgency of a confession,Waiting for Snow in Havanais a eulogy for a native land and a loving testament to the collective spirit of Cubans everywhere.
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Free Press
ISBN-10
0743246411
ISBN-13
9780743246415
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4474829
Product Key Features
Book Title
Waiting for Snow in Havana : Confessions of a Cuban Boy
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Cultural Heritage, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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The Washington Post Bursting with wonderful details and images and populated by characters so well described that they seem to be sitting next to you on the couch., The Boston GlobeEire is gifted with what might be called lyric precision -- a knack for grasping the life of a moment through its sensuous particulars....Vigorously written and alive., Los Angeles Times The most accomplished literary expression of exile sensibility to have appeared to date. What is powerful and lasting about the book is Eire's evocation of childhood and his extraordinary literary ability., The Boston Globe Eire is gifted with what might be called lyric precision -- a knack for grasping the life of a moment through its sensuous particulars....Vigorously written and alive.
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2002-073875
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E184.C97 E37
Copyright Date
2003
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- Jun 19, 2010
Absolutely wonderful reading. A lesson in history.