Reyita
Subtitle: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780822325932
Subjects: Cuba; Race relations; Castillo Bueno, Maria de los; Biography / Autobiography; People of Color; Biography/Autobiography; Ethnic Cultures - General; Castillo Bueno, Marâia de los Reyes,; Cultural Heritage; Women; Biography/Memoirs/Letters; Caribbean Studies; History, Latin American; Biography; 1902-1997; Blacks
First sentence: Rocking in the wicker chair, a tumult of memories come: long dead sorrows, joys, ideas; the present fades, and the ocean grows, when the suns and moons of memory flash on your inward eye.
Description: "Reyita is the life story of a black woman whose life spanned the century. Based on extensive interviews and thorough archival research, Reyita is a vibrant testimony which deals with the intimate and public events in the life of a thoughtful and hard-working woman. Her story takes us into the heart of the black experience in Cuba in the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.