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Spain: Baile del Sol. 2007. 330p. ISBN 978-84-96687-20-2. pap. $24.95. FIC
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In the epilog, Romay writes that he sees this book as an attempt to explain his ruined country, Cuba, to his "adorable" Jewish American wife, whom he met in 1999 at a Scottish writers' retreat that had given him "poetic asylum." The result is eye-opening for everyone. Not only is Romay's writing agile, fresh, intelligent, and sprinkled with Cuba's popular sayings and vernacular humor, but it offers a clear view of a world that is mostly inaccessible-reading this book is like taking a trip to an exotic land, unknown to the rest of the world. So far, the Cuban experience has been almost nontransferable, perhaps because literary renderings end up sounding too emotional and too strident. In addition, the Cuba of the Nineties used here as the setting is unknown to those who left much earlier (particularly those who still now proudly wear their Che Guevara T-shirts). The main characters are high school art teacher David Mart

Los Culpables (Paperback)

By Alexis Romay

$13.20

ISBN-13: 9788498975055
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Published: Linkgua S.L., 11/01/2008

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North of Hell (Paperback)

By Miguel Correa Mujica, Alexis Romay (Translator), Reinaldo Arenas (Introduction by)

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ISBN-13: 9781933382951
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Published: Green Integer, 12/01/2008

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