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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the man who ruled Cuba from 1959-2016, after leading a successful revolution overthrowing Batista's government and establishing a Communist regime in its place.
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Plataforma Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Este libro narra las memorias personales de esa posquerra sin guerra que en Cuba recibió el curioso nombre, en clave eufemística, de Período Especial. En un registro tragicómico, el autor nos sumerge en los infiernos de la debacle económica, social, política e ideológica del país insular, y analiza las estrategias contraculturales que adoptó la juventud cubana tras la disolución del bloque soviético a inicios de los años noventa del pasado...
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