Spared Angola
Subtitle: memories from a Cuban-American childhood
By: by Virgil Suárez.
Publisher: Arte Público Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Houston, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Suárez, Virgil, 1962- -- Childhood and youth; Cuban Americans -- Literary collections; Cuban Americans -- Social life and customs
Description: Spared Angola: Memories from a Cuban-American Childhood is a powerful and original first collection of autobiographical stories, essays and poems. The successful novelist here lays bare the making of his conscience as a writer and human being, detailing the psychological pressure of male expectations, family gender battles, emigration and adjusting to a new culture.