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Carregando... The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times (edição: 2020)de Anthony DePalma (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A fascinating exploration of the history of Cuba in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, as seen through the eyes of five families living in the rough-and-tumble Havana suburb of Guanabacoa. Anthony DePalma, a former foreign correspondent in Cuba, draws on his professional and personal connections to produce a piece of reportage that's full of human interest and sharply observed detail. You won't come away from this with a deeper understanding of the intricacies of Cuban internal politics or its place in broader geopolitics—and DePalma's failure to really grapple with the horrors of the Batista regime or the consequences of American imperialism is the biggest flaw with the book—but The Cubans will leave you with a much better sense of cubanidad. ( ) This non fiction account of various families living in a Havana neighborhood from the years of the revolution to present time reads like a good novel. It is a fascinating, engrossing, in depth narrative. Having spent some time in Cuba, I felt that DePalma captured the vibrancy, frustration, dashed feeling of possibilities, and character of some of the people I met there. My hope for this book is that it may help some people realize that our most recent treatment of Cuba has not affected the government there, but has had a significant impact on the lives of everyday people. I understand the hatred of Castro and the revolution among those who live here, but cannot understand how they can put embargos in place that hurt people…many of whom have no first hand memory of the revolution. The cruelty is unimaginable. Fascinating! As journalist Anthony DePalma says, we’ve lived so long with the aftermath of the Cuban revolution, we see Cubans as a stereotype. He’s interviewed many Cubans and focused on a few to show life in Cuba isn’t what many of us assume it is. If you were lucky enough to travel there when Obama lived restrictions, you may find what you saw validated in this book. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
"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 in the extreme. Scrounging materials in the black market, Cary Luisa Limonta Ewen has started her own small manufacturing business, a surprising turn for a former ranking member of the Communist Party. Her good friend Lili, a loyal Communist, heads the neighborhood's watchdog revolutionary committee. Artist Arturo Montoto, who had long lived and worked in Mexico, moved back to Cuba when he saw improving conditions but complains like any artist about recognition. In stark contrast, Jorge García lives in Miami and continues to seek justice for the sinking of a tugboat full of refugees, a tragedy that claimed the lives of his son, grandson, and twelve other family members, a massacre for which the government denies any role. In The Cubans, many patriots face one new question: is their loyalty to the revolution, or to their country?"-- Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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