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The Lazarus Rumba

Author : Ernesto Mestre
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1466890061
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Lazarus Rumba written by Ernesto Mestre and published by Picador. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern tale rooted in recent historical events but filtered through a patiently unfolding storytelling style that pays homage to The Arabian Nights, The Lazarus Rumba is a stunning literary debut, a virtuoso performance like no other Latino writer has ever produced. This extraordinary ambitious novel sets out to portray the spiritual landscape of the Cuban people in the wake of Castro's revolutionary upheaval. Like Cervantes' Don Quixote, The Lazarus Rumba describes a country best by social dislocation and personal confusion, a country whose soul is best captured by a lush magic realism woven from innumerable tales, tales told contrapuntally in voices both melancholy and lively, lyrical and coarse, delicate and grotesque. As intensely political as Manuel Puig's Kiss Of The Spider Woman or Milan Kundera's The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting, The Lazarus Rumba centers around three generations of women in the Lucientes family and follows the story of Alicia Lucientes as she almost inadvertantly becomes the most famous dissident on the Island.

The Lazarus Rumba

Author : Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Lazarus Rumba written by Ernesto Mestre-Reed and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Second Death of Unica Aveyano

Author : Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307429318
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Second Death of Unica Aveyano written by Ernesto Mestre-Reed and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Lazarus Rumba (“His symphonic imagination proves mesmerizing.” —New York Times Book Review; “Wonderful.” —Los Angeles Times), an inventive, poignant new novel. One night in April, Única Aveyano sneaks out of her Miami nursing home and wanders toward the sea. Whether she intends to end her life or simply look at the ocean depends on whom you believe. She leaves behind her husband, a devoted nurse, the solicitude of her family—and the images of a little boy named Elián Gonzalez that are all over the news. Her rash decision sets in motion a gorgeously told tale that is at once comedy and elegy. Every lived moment evokes for Única a story from her past, and we live that past with her: from the ghosts of her mother and stepfather in 1930s Guantánamo, and her beloved but wayward son, who refused to leave Cuba with the rest of the family, to her exile in Miami and New York City. A chronicle of the familiar and the strange, of madness and clarity, of the ambivalence of home and family, The Second Death of Única Aveyano reveals unforgettably an indomitable woman whose entire life now seems a dress rehearsal for the heady days before her death.

Cuban-American Fiction in English

Author : M. Delores Carlito
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810856806
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Cuban-American Fiction in English written by M. Delores Carlito and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography contains listings and annotations of all novels, anthologies, and short story collections written by the first, 1.5, and second generations of Cuban Americans. This work also contains listings and annotations of all secondary works dealing with this fiction, as well as related memoirs, autobiographies and interviews.

Book Lust

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1570616590
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Book Lust written by Nancy Pearl and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout.

Going to Extremes in Biblical Rewritings

Author : Anthony Swindell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110782200
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Going to Extremes in Biblical Rewritings written by Anthony Swindell and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to provide a matrix for surveying the literary treatment of biblical tropes. It supplies an overview of the literary reception of the Bible from the earliest times right through to contemporary writers such as Jeanette Winterson and Colm Tóibín, traces the literary reception and treatment of the Book of Job; the figure of Uriah in the narrative of David and Bathsheba; the figure of Lilith; and Angels of Death and of Mercy. These are all handled as specimen histories. This is followed by an examination of the output of several specific early and later Twentieth-Century rewriters of the Bible. In the last chapters, three sets of other writers under particular headings ("the Great Disrupters" etc.) are grouped together with a view to finding common characteristics as well as unique features in their approach to biblical tropes and provide conclusions and suggestions for further research.

Identity, Memory, and Diaspora

Author : Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791478912
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Identity, Memory, and Diaspora written by Jorge J. E. Gracia and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a detailed picture of the lives of Cuban Americans through interviews with artists, writers, and philosophers. This fascinating volume contains interviews with nineteen prominent Cuban-American artists, writers, and philosophers who tell their stories and share what they consider important for understanding their work. Struggling with issues of Cuban-American identity in particular and social identity in general, they explore such questions as how they see themselves, how they have dealt with the diaspora and their memories, what they have done to find a proper place in their adopted country, and how their work has been influenced by the experience. Their answers reveal different perspectives on art, literature, and philosophy, and the different challenges encountered personally and professionally. The interviews are gathered into three groups: nine artists, six writers, and four philosophers. An introductory essay for each group is included, and the interviews are accompanied by brief biographical notes, along with samples of the work of those interviewed. Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include Race or Ethnicity? On Black and Latino Identity. Lynette M. F. Bosch is Professor of Art History at SUNY College at Geneseo and author of Cuban-American Art in Miami: Exile, Identity and the Neo-Baroque. Isabel Alvarez Borland is Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professor of Arts and Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross and author of Cuban-American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona.

Call Me Brooklyn

Author : Eduardo Lago
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1564789349
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book Call Me Brooklyn written by Eduardo Lago and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an ingenious structure that jumps from narrator to narrator and spans decades, Call Me Brooklyn follows the life of Gal Ackerman, a Spanish orphan adopted during the Spanish Civil War and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Moving from the secret tunnels that shelter the forgotten residents of Manhattan to the studio where Mark Rothko put an end to his life, from the jazz clubs frequented by Thomas Pynchon to the bar in Madrid where we learn the truth about Ackerman's past, Call Me Brooklyn draws upon a rich tradition that includes Nabokov's Pale Fire, Bellow's Humbolt's Gift, and the novels of Felipe Alfau—a hymn to mystery and to the power of fiction.

Encyclopedia of Latino Culture [3 volumes]

Author : Charles M. Tatum
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1465 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latino Culture [3 volumes] written by Charles M. Tatum and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 1465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume encyclopedia describes and explains the variety and commonalities in Latina/o culture, providing comprehensive coverage of a variety of Latina/o cultural forms—popular culture, folk culture, rites of passages, and many other forms of shared expression. In the last decade, the Latina/o population has established itself as the fastest growing ethnic group within the United States, and constitutes one of the largest minority groups in the nation. While the different Latina/o groups do have cultural commonalities, there are also many differences among them. This important work examines the historical, regional, and ethnic/racial diversity within specific traditions in rich detail, providing an accurate and comprehensive treatment of what constitutes "the Latino experience" in America. The entries in this three-volume set provide accessible, in-depth information on a wide range of topics, covering cultural traditions including food; art, film, music, and literature; secular and religious celebrations; and religious beliefs and practices. Readers will gain an appreciation for the historical, regional, and ethnic/racial diversity within specific Latina/o traditions. Accompanying sidebars and "spotlight" biographies serve to highlight specific cultural differences and key individuals.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature [3 volumes]

Author : Nicolás Kanellos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313087008
Total Pages : 1444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature [3 volumes] written by Nicolás Kanellos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 1444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From East L.A. to the barrios of New York City and the Cuban neighborhoods of Miami, Latino literature, or literature written by Hispanic peoples of the United States, is the written word of North America's vibrant Latino communities. Emerging from the fusion of Spanish, North American, and African cultures, it has always been part of the American mosaic. Written for students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the vast landscape of Latino literature from the colonial era to the present. Aiming to be as broad and inclusive as possible, the encyclopedia covers all of native North American Latino literature as well as that created by authors originating in virtually every country of Spanish America and Spain. Included are more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries written by roughly 60 expert contributors. While most of the entries are on writers, such as Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Oscar Hijuelos, and Piri Thomas, others cover genres, ethnic and national literatures, movements, historical topics and events, themes, concepts, associations and organizations, and publishers and magazines. Special attention is given to the cultural, political, social, and historical contexts in which Latino literature has developed. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. The encyclopedia gives special attention to the social, cultural, historical, and political contexts of Latino literature, thus making it an ideal tool to help students use literature to learn about history and cultural diversity.

Cuba Confidential

Author : Ann Louise Bardach
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141935545
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Cuba Confidential written by Ann Louise Bardach and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth cenutry's wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring personalities that lie at the heart of the forty-three-year standoff between Miami and Havana. With a decade of firsthand access to the crooks, assassins, and politicians who have made US-Cuban history - from Fidel Castro to the family of Robert Vesco to the inner circles of Jeb Bush - Bardach exposes the ruthless tactics on both sides of the conflict, and the devastating human consequences on both shores.

Nietzsche's Lament

Author : Richard Loofbourrow
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595483046
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Nietzsche's Lament written by Richard Loofbourrow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nietzsche's Lament is a crime/thriller about two female serial killers caught up in a web of deception, devil worship, and cult religion. Follow a Spartan-like FBI agent fond of martial arts, and a seasoned LAPD lieutenant, as they team up to follow a trail of evil, surprise, and suspense. The tension builds as the intrepid investigators close in on the Bambinos, a prominent east coast mob family, and Scientology, the controversial religion embraced by high profile Hollywood personalities. The fast paced narrative features memorable characters embroiled in a trail of assassinations, revenge killings, and paranoid obsessions. The novel twists and turns through a labyrinth crawling with deception, violence, and madness. The characters adopt shifting personas that present the reader with provocative questions about the true nature of self. The trail of madness, murder, and mayhem, plays out in many of California's most recognizable haunts and institutions.

Cuba

Author : Tom Miller
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
ISBN 13 : 1932361103
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Cuba written by Tom Miller and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From revolution to embargo, from the charms of old Havana to aquamarine seas and powdery beaches, from the hypnotic rhythms of Afro-Caribbean music to resilient, proud locals, "Travelers' Tales Cuba" burns with stories of Cuba's intriguing past and vibrant present.

Cuban Studies 31

Author : Lisandro Perez
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822970562
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Cuban Studies 31 written by Lisandro Perez and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2000-12-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuban Studies has been published annually by the University of Pittsburgh Press since 1985. Founded in 1970, it is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba. Each volume includes articles in both English and Spanish, a large book review section, and an exhaustive compilation of recent works in the field.

ISLA

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book ISLA written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clippings of Latin American political, social and economic news from various English language newspapers.

Information Services Latin America

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Services Latin America written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Party for Lazarus

Author : Todd Ramón Ochoa
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520315979
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book A Party for Lazarus written by Todd Ramón Ochoa and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Party for Lazarus is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor their ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. It is an intimate portrait of an intergenerational family saga involving the future of an annual feast to celebrate ancestors and orisás—the life-changing spirits at the center of Black Atlantic religious life. Based on twenty years of fieldwork, Todd Ramón Ochoa’s masterful ethnography shows how orisá praise and everyday life have changed in revolutionary Cuba over two decades of economic hardship.