Cuba Love Story
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Mangos Bananas And Coconuts A Cuban Love Story
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Author : Himilce Novas
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 1996-06-30
Mangos Bananas And Coconuts A Cuban Love Story written by Himilce Novas and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-30 with Fiction categories.
The twin protagonists of Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts emerge from the lush tropics of the Cuban countryside like Caribbean Tristans and Isoldes, bound to each other in an eternal embrace that neither politics nor geography, nor the ill-will of family and society can break. Like so many timeless tales, Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts begins with the love of a man and a woman from opposite ends of the social strata and rises to mythic proportions as their newly born twins are separated at birth. The son is raised in wealth and privilege in the affluent exile community of Florida; the daughter and her father scratch out a living in New YorkÍs Spanish Harlem. In spite of the realistically portrayed social and economic differences in their upbringing, destiny and all of the forces of fate and chance conspire to bring together the twin protagonists in an ingenious and sincerely amorous embrace. The four elements of natureearth, wind, fire, and waterall participate in this magically real world, where their parentsÍ mystical union has lead to a quest for a second and more fulfilled and transcendent one.
Cuba Love Story
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Author : Kobi Israel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-22
Cuba Love Story written by Kobi Israel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-22 with categories.
What started out as a spontaneous adventure in 1993 to Cuba, an island deeply isolated and in economic crisis, evolved into a passionate love affair and a personal quest spanning over two decades.A confusing paradox between the masculine militarism and homoerotic companionship evoked recollections of my past, conjuring memories of growing up in a young, macho and militarist Israel.Looking a bit Latin, picking up on the local dialect and adopting familiar body gestures, I blended in. I made friends and lived in their remote country houses. I dined with their families and socialised with their friends, all the while walking the thin line between observer and participant, gathering homoerotic and homo-social experiences, capturing secret love stories with my camera.
Fighting Castro
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Author : Kay Abella
language : en
Publisher: Kay Abella
Release Date : 2007
Fighting Castro written by Kay Abella and has been published by Kay Abella this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Havana 1960. Lino Fernandez, a young Cuban doctor, and his wife Emy decide to fight Castro rather than flee into exile. They work together in the underground, traveling across Cuba to muster support for the guerilla movement. Then Lino continues alone as Emy waits for the birth of their third child. Now a major leader in the resistance group MRR (movement to Recuperate the Revolution), is able to see Emy only sporadically, sneaking back to Havana for a few hours for the birth of their daughter Lucia. Lino makes a number of trips into the Escambray Mountains where guerilla troops are training. He finally arranges a long-awaited arms drop by the CIA, but is captured by the militia and taken to Cuban Security Police (G-2) headquarters. It is February 1961. He is 26 years old. Both Emy and Lino believe he will be executed, but hope for a prison sentence instead. Whatever happens to Lino, Emy believes that their children, one month, one year, and two years old, cannot grow up in Cuba, indoctrinated in Communism and treated as pariahs, the children of a traitor. At the age of 22, she makes the agonizing decision to send her children away to Miami with her parents and stay in Cuba to help Lino survive in prison. If nothing else, she will be with him if he is executed.Lino is placed in several prisons until, after a hunger strike he organized, he is sent to the maximum security Ile of Pines prison on an island off the south coast of Cuba. Already known as a troublemaker, he is placed in solitary in a cage-cell, naked, humiliated, on starvation rations, and exposed to searing sun and hurricanes. He manages to keep his sanity by communicating with other prisoners through the wire ceilings of their cells. During this time he learns from a telegram that his children are safe in Miami and Emy has stayed in Cuba.After 100 days, he is put into a cell block with 1200 other prisoners.There he discovers a deep connection to others who fought Castro, many from a world he never knew before ; farmers, peasants, manual workers.Lino emerges as a leader not only in fact but in the respect shown him by other prisoners. At Linos trial he uses the one time he is permitted to speak to describe his reasons for opposing Castro, despite prejudicing his case. To Emys relief, he is sentenced not to death but to 30 years in prison. He is returned to Ile of Pines where he and the others are subjected to brutal random attacks, beatings, and killings by guards. Lino and other leaders are determined to keep up the morale and health of the political prisoners by creating as normal an existence as possible. They organize a clinic, a library, classes, sports - anything to maintain the feeling that the years are not being thrown away. They also manage to stay in contact via radio with the outside world and smuggle letters in and out of prison. Visits by families, and the supplies they bring, are sporadic, but become a lifeline for the prisoners.The years at Ile of Pines are a series of assaults on the prisoners morale and safety. At one point, Castro wires the prison with dynamite, in order to get rid of the Resistance fighters in case of another invasion like Bay of Pigs. Lino experiences the 1962 missile crisis via the prisoners clandestine radio. Later he helps prisoners survive the forced labor and random killings imposed by Castro. Eventually Ile of Pines is closed and Lino is transferred to La Cabana prison near Havana. In Havana Emy struggles to create a bearable life, spending much of her time searching for the food and supplies Lino needs in prison. Although she finds some support in working at the Egyptian embassy, Emy is twice arrested for minor infractions and tried for crimes against the revolution. She moves from one friends house to another, subject to harassment and discrimination, her only comfort coming from her friendships with other wives of dissidents and with foreigners. The couples relationship grows through the rare visits and through passionate love letters smuggled in and out of prison. Allowed no direct contact with her children, Emy can only imagine their lives through news from friends who visit Miami and rare letters from her parents. At La Cabana prison, conditions are even worse; men are crammed into dark stone galleras, with no space to move and no light or fresh air. Steadfastly refusing to accept, even symbolically, the legitimacy of Castros regime, Lino leads several attempts at revolt, ending in a hunger strike in which he comes close to death. After seventeen years in prison and work camps, Lino is released in the middle of the night, with no warning or explanation. He makes his way to Havana where he is reunited with Emy. However, they are still forbidden to leave Cuba. They settle down to create whatever existence they can in Havana, desperate to be with their children and subject to many limitations and harassments. One year later, during a short thaw in relations with the U.S, Castro unexpectedly allows former political prisoners to have exit visas, although there is no transport available.A group of ex-prisoners families in Miami send a charter plane and Lino and Emy are finally reunited with their children in Miami.
Cuba Love Story
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Author : Kobi Israel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-22
Cuba Love Story written by Kobi Israel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-22 with categories.
What started as a little adventure in 1993, flying from Montego Bay in Jamaica into the neighbouring island, Cuba, than isolated and deeply in a financial crisis, turned into a passionate love affair and a personal quest spreading over 15 years, investigating notions of masculinity versus homoerotic experiences in a traditional macho society. The confusing and bewildering paradox of the masculine and militarist blended with the homoerotic in Cuba evoked my own experiences and memories of growing up in young, macho and militarist Israel.Looking a bit "Latin", picking up on local dialect and quickly adopting body gestures that were so familiar from my past, I somehow blended in with the locals, made friends, lived in their houses in the remote countryside, dined with their close family and socialized with their friends, constantly walking the thin line between observing and participating, gathering and documenting homoerotic/homo-social experiences and secret love stories with my camera.
From Cuba With Love
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Author : Megan Daigle
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2015-01-16
From Cuba With Love written by Megan Daigle and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-16 with Social Science categories.
"Megan Daigle explores the role of women in Cuban political culture by examining the rise of economies of sex, romance, and money since the early 1990s. Investigating the lived realities of the Cuban women (and some men) who date tourists and offering a unique perspective on the surrounding debates, From Cuba with Love raises issues about women's bodies-what they can or should do and, equally, what can be done to them. Daigle draws attention to the violence experienced by these young women at the hands of a moralistic state, an opportunistic police force, and even their own families and partners. Daigle's provocative perspective will make readers question how race and politics in Cuba are tied to women and sex, and the ways in which political power acts directly on the bodies of individuals through law, policing, institutional programs, and social norms"--Provided by publisher.
The Breath Of Cuba Part 2 Passion Play One Woman S Love Affair With The Magic Music And Men Of Cuba
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Author : Cheri Shanti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05
The Breath Of Cuba Part 2 Passion Play One Woman S Love Affair With The Magic Music And Men Of Cuba written by Cheri Shanti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05 with Travel categories.
Hello Havana
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Author : Anette Wezenberg
language : en
Publisher: Arabian Wolf Productions
Release Date : 2023-04-05
Hello Havana written by Anette Wezenberg and has been published by Arabian Wolf Productions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-05 with categories.
Experience the warmth and magic of Havana and Cuba in this spellbinding love story from well-traveled, life-loving authors Anette Wezenberg and Britt Holland. Gemma, a savvy travel professional, is sent to Cuba on a work trip and finds herself swept away by the vibrant music, colourful streets, and passionate locals. She falls head over heels in love with a handsome Cuban man who captures her heart and takes her on a journey of self-discovery, friendship, and true love."Hello, Havana" is the first co-authored story by Anette Wezenberg and Britt Holland. Inspired by Anette's trips to Cuba over the past twenty years. Jump into Gemma's Cuban journey as she experiences the historic, colourful Caribbean Island where salsa, romance and adventure appear around every colourful, rhythmic and fragrant corner. Lose yourself in this enchanting adventure as Gemma steps into a new job, a new country, plenty of trouble and meets The Love of her Life. As Gemma navigates the complexities of a new culture and an unlikely romance, she learns about herself, her desires, and the true meaning of empowerment. With vivid descriptions that transport readers to the enchanting city, "Hello, Havana" is a page-turning love story that explores the complexities of relationships, the power of friendship, and the resilience of the human heart. This heartwarming novel features a strong female lead, explores important women's issues, and is perfect for readers who enjoy contemporary romance, beach reads, and book club picks. Don't miss out on this enchanting love story that will leave you captivated from the first page to the last.
The Cuban Table
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Author : Ana Sofia Pelaez
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2014-10-28
The Cuban Table written by Ana Sofia Pelaez and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Cooking categories.
The Cuban Table is a comprehensive, contemporary overview of Cuban food, recipes and culture as recounted by serious home cooks and professional chefs, restaurateurs and food writers. Cuban-American food writer Ana Sofia Pelaez and award-winning photographer Ellen Silverman traveled through Cuba, Miami and New York to document and learn about traditional Cuban cooking from a wide range of authentic sources. Cuban home cooks are fiercely protective of their secrets. Content with a private kind of renown, they demonstrate an elusive turn of hand that transforms simple recipes into bright and memorable meals that draw family and friends to their tables time and again. More than just a list of ingredients or series of steps, Cuban cooks' tricks and touches hide in plain sight, staying within families or being passed down in well-worn copies of old cookbooks largely unread outside of the Cuban community. Here you'll find documented recipes for everything from iconic Cuban sandwiches to rich stews with Spanish accents and African ingredients, accompanied by details about historical context and insight into cultural nuances. More than a cookbook, The Cuban Table is a celebration of Cuban cooking, culture and cuisine. With stunning photographs throughout and over 110 deliciously authentic recipes this cookbook invites you into one of the Caribbean's most interesting and vibrant cuisines.
My Love Affair With Cuba
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Author : Bonnie Martin
language : en
Publisher: Balboa Press
Release Date : 2017-03-08
My Love Affair With Cuba written by Bonnie Martin and has been published by Balboa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-08 with Travel categories.
My Love Affair with Cuba chronicles about Bonnies travels throughout a large part of the island of Cuba. Its a travel with Bonnie as she describes the beauty of the island and meets the people she now considers to be her Cuban family. You will learn a little about the history of Cuba that will perhaps pique your interest to learn more. Being privy to some of the unique and amusing experiences is sure to bring a smile to your face.
Will Fate Lead You To Love In Cuba Life Is A Story Story One
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Author : Lena Greimel
language : de
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-03-11
Will Fate Lead You To Love In Cuba Life Is A Story Story One written by Lena Greimel and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-11 with Fiction categories.
Everly ist eine ehrgeizige Architektin, die von den Erwartungen ihrer Eltern und ihrer eigenen Leidenschaft getrieben wird. Als sie sich in einem Strudel aus Arbeit und Selbstzweifeln verliert, führt eine unerwartete Idee ihrer besten Freundin Yasmin zu einer lebensverändernden Reise nach Kuba. Dort trifft sie auf Alejandro, einen charmanten Spanier. Zwischen den malerischen Kulissen von Havanna entfaltet sich eine unerwartete Romanze, die Eve vor eine schwierige Entscheidung stellt: Soll sie ihrem Herzen folgen und ein neues Leben in Kuba beginnen, oder den Erwartungen ihrer Eltern gerecht werden und zurückkehren? In einer Geschichte voller Leidenschaft, Selbstfindung und der Kraft der Liebe entfaltet sich das Abenteuer von Eve und Ale, das die Leser auf eine mitreißende Reise durch die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens mitnimmt. Es ist ein packender Roman, der die Leser dazu inspiriert, ihren eigenen Träumen zu folgen und das Glück an unerwarteten Orten zu finden.