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Chargement... Goodbye, My Havana: The Life and Times of a Gringa in Revolutionary Cubapar Anna Veltfort
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Note: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher at ALA Annual 2019. I also accessed a digital review copy through Edelweiss. An American lesbian comes of age in 1960s Cuba under its revolutionary but homophobic regime. It should be a fascinating story, but if this book were a person they would have an affectless face and a monotone voice. The narration just drones on and on dropping dozens of names of minor historical figures and mentioning lots of government departments and programs, numbing me to the human story squeezed tightly between the giant captions with Fidel Castro's speeches. Frankly, by my reading, the emotional highpoint of the book seems to come when Veltfort gets a refrigerator with an icemaker rather than any of her farewells to family or lovers. Passable history, disappointing memoir. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
An eyewitness account of idealism, self-discovery, and loss under one of the twentieth-century's most repressive political regimes Set against a backdrop of world-changing events during the headiest years of the Cuban Revolution, Goodbye, My Havana follows young Connie Veltfort as her once relatively privileged life among a community of anti-imperialist expatriates turns to progressive disillusionment and heartbreak. The consolidation of Castro's position brings violence, cruelty, and betrayal to Connie's doorstep. And the crackdown that ultimately forces her family and others to flee for their lives includes homosexuals among its targets—Connie's coming-of-age story is one also about the dangers of coming out. Looking back with a mixture of hardheaded clarity and tenderness at her alter ego and a forgotten era, with this gripping graphic memoir Anna Veltfort takes leave of the past even as she brings neglected moments of the Cold War into the present. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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