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21.
Havana Year Zero by Karla Suarez EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
It was as if we’d reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That’s how low we sank.
The year is 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, Havana is at Year Zero: the lowest possible point, going nowhere. Desperate to seize control of her life, Julia teams up with her colleague and former lover, Euclid, to seek out a document that proves the telephone was invented... continue
22.
Hecho en Saturno by Rita Indiana Hernández ES
Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Aborda las contradicciones y la devastacin̤ ideolg̤ica que conecta Cuba con su natal Repb︢lica Dominicana. Argenis Luna, hijo prd̤igo de la revolucin̤ que nunca fue, es ya un personaje mt̕ico
23.
I Was Never the First Lady : A Novel by Wendy Guerra EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study in Russia. Leav... continue
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Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime."--
25.
Island Treasures : Growing Up in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms, and five brand new stories.
26.
La carne de René by Virgilio Piñera ES
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
René tiene 20 años y está listo para aprender el culto a la carne, «no de carne intacta y atlética, sino de carne sacrificada, verdaderamente viva y palpitante como una herida». Su padre lo exhorta a elegir el camino del sufrimiento, enviando al héroe reticente a una escuela de dolor y tortura donde se aplica literalmente la doctrina de que «el conocimiento debe ser inculcado a golpes». Piñera, cubano, crea un mundo completamente carnal —solo a veces erótico— donde los mataderos reciben nombres como los de los... continue
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La casa de Dostoievsky by Jorge Edwards ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
De avonturen van een Chileense dichter in de jaren '50.
Switzerland30.
Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, where she works to rescue the rest of her family The situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II. Esther's father has fled to Cuba, and she is the first one to join him. It's heartbreaking to be separated from her beloved sister, so Esther promises to write down everything that happens until they're reunited. And she does, recording both the good--the kindness of the Cuban people and her discovery of a valuable hidden talent--and the bad: the fact th... continue