Books from Cuba
72 popular cuban books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around North America Challenge" were written by authors from Cuba.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Havana Blue (Mario Conde #1) by Leonardo Padura EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
A scorching novel from a star of Cuban fiction. The third in the Havana Quartet series.
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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
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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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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Introduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William Weaver Italo Calvino’s masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomes the book’s central character. Based on a witty analogy between the reader’s desire to finish the story and the lover’s desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book—IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER, by Italo Calvino, of course—are constantly and comically frustrated. ... continue
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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future.
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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.
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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 inutilidad by Eduardo Lalo, Gabriela Tineo ES
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Esta novela recorre la aventura de un estudiante caribeño en el París soñado y traza el trayecto de su retirada, en derrota, a un San Juan demasiado real. Acostarse alternativamente con Marie, la deprimida, y con Simone, la eufórica; intimar con la literatura francesa, regodearse en la imposibilidad de adaptarse o de decidir. Todo ello le proporciona una suerte de erotismo del fracaso. Es un gozo, sin embargo, difícil de sostener. Incapaz de escoger entre Marie o Simone, entre la depresión o la euforia del exilio, el protagonista opta por regresar a Sa... continue
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La Isla de Cuba: twaalf verhalen en een revolutie by various NL
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Twaalf verhalen en een Revolutie is een bloemlezing waarin de veranderingen op het eiland vanuit verschillende hoeken worden belicht. Het zijn verhalen van schrijvers die na 1970 zijn geboren, midden in de dogmatische jaren van de Cubaanse Revolutie toen het bijna niet mogelijk was om alternatieve politieke geluiden te laten horen. In deze twaalf verhalen laten de schrijvers dat geluid nu wel horen.
Een belangrijk element in deze bundel is ironie. Sommige schrijvers steken bijvoorbeeld de draak met nationale helden. En het openingsverhaal 'Vlees' vertelt het bizarre avontuur van twe... continue