Havana Red
Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1904738095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
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Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1904738095
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2005-05-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1904738850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young transvestite found strangled in a Havana park. The stifling death of a beloved Cuba.
Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2009-05-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1904738893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The return of Mario Conde.
Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2007-06-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1904738869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The third in the Havana Quartet series.
Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1904738281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The fourth of the Havana Quartet series.
Author: Achy Obejas
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2007-10-01
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1936070235
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“[A] superb collection . . . The 18 stories by current and former residents of Havana are gritty, heartbreaking and capture the city.” —Orlando Sentinel To most outsiders, Havana is a tropical sin city. Habaneros know that this is neither new nor particularly true. In the real Havana—the lawless Havana that never appears in the postcards or tourist guides—the concept of sin has been banished by the urgency of need. And need—aching and hungry—inevitably turns the human heart darker, feral, and criminal. In this Havana, crime, though officially vanquished by revolutionary decree, is both wistfully quotidian and personally vicious. In the stories of Havana Noir, current and former residents of the city—some international sensations such as Leonardo Padura, others exciting new voices like Yohamna Depestre—uncover crimes of violence and loveless sex, of mental cruelty and greed, of self-preservation and collective hysteria. Other authors include: Pablo Medina, Alex Abella, Arturo Arango, Lea Aschkenas, Moisés Asís, Arnaldo Correa, Mabel Cuesta, Michel Encinosa Fú, Mylene Fernández Pintado, Carolina García-Aguilera, Miguel Mejides, Achy Obejas, Oscar F. Ortíz, Ena Lucía Portela, Mariela Varona Roque, and Yoss. “[A] remarkable collection . . . gritty tales of deprivation, depravity, heroic perseverance, revolution and longing in a city mythical and widely misunderstood.” —The Miami Herald
Author: Daniel Chavarria
Publisher: Comma Press
Published: 2018-06-21
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 1912697041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen a history teacher decides to throw out an old, threadbare Cuban flag, he doesn’t plan for the air of suspicion that quickly descends on him… A woman’s attempt to register ownership of her family home draws her into a bureaucratic labyrinth that requires a grasp of higher mathematics to fully comprehend… On the day of their graduation, a group of students spend the night drinking around the ‘Fountain of Youth’, ironically celebrating the bright future that doesn’t await them… The stories gathered in this anthology reflect the many complex challenges Havana’s citizens have had to endure as a result of their country’s political isolation – from the hardships of the ‘Special Period’, to the pitfalls of Cuba’s schizophrenic currency system, to the indignities of becoming a cheap tourist destination for well-heeled Westerners. Moving through various moments in its recent history, as well as through different neighbourhoods – from the prefab, Soviet-era maze of Alamar, to the bars and nightclubs of the Malecón and Vedado – these stories also demonstrate the defiance of Havana: surviving decades of economic disappointment with a flair for the comic, the surreal and the fantastical that remains as fresh as the first dreams of revolution. Translated from the Spanish by Orsola Casagrande and Séamas Carraher.
Author: Leonardo Padura
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2006-06-01
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1904738877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. Second Conde mystery set in languid Havana.
Author: Stephen Hunter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-07-26
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 1451627246
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is 1953 and Cuba is at its lush and glamorous best. However, the rise of a daring revolutionary named Fidel Castro threatens this tropical paradise. Legendary sniper Earl Swagger is called in by the CIA to take Castro out. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2018-03-06
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1632863928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA city of tropical heat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky. Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings throughout, Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball, and food; its five centuries of outstanding, neglected architecture; and its extraordinary blend of cultures. Like all great cities, Havana has a rich history that informs the vibrant place it is today--from the native Taino to Columbus's landing, from Cuba's status as a U.S. protectorate to Batista's dictatorship and Castro's revolution, from Soviet presence to the welcoming of capitalist tourism. Havana is a place of extremes: a beautifully restored colonial city whose cobblestone streets pass through areas that have not been painted or repaired since long before the revolution. Kurlansky shows Havana through the eyes of Cuban writers, such as Alejo Carpentier and José Martí, and foreigners, including Graham Greene and Hemingway. He introduces us to Cuban baseball and its highly opinionated fans; the city's music scene, alive with the rhythm of son; its culinary legacy. Through Mark Kurlansky's multilayered and electrifying portrait, the long-elusive city of Havana comes stirringly to life.