Es Cuba
Subtitle: life and love on an illegal island
By: by Lea Aschkenas.
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Emeryville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781580051798
Subjects: Aschkenas, Lea; Cuba -- Description and travel
Description: "In February 2000, writer Lea Aschkenas finds her way to Cuba with plans for a short visit. Already a seasoned traveler when she arrives, she soon finds herself caught up in the contradictions of Cuban life and the people's unique blend of innocence, resignation, and resolute optimism. Over the course of an extended stay and a later return sojourn to the island, Aschkenas falls in love with the country and with one of its companeros." "In Es Cuba, Aschkenas crafts a moving tale of culture and politics, history and romance, and how they all collide and coexist when two people from conflicting countries fall in love."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Es Cuba; title: Only the moment; title: Revolution lessons; title: We were promised socialism; title: A sense of security; title: Los cubanos son candela; title: Who we are without names; title: Una vida plástica; title: The real Cuba; title: El bombo; title: Idioma ruso, profesora; title: The latino lover; title: The legal illegal; title: Living history; title: El bloqueo internal; title: The Cuban Cinderella; title: Departures and returns; title: Hasta siempre; title: Apprentice to a housewife; title: Imagining Cuba; title: It's called happiness; title: What's changed?; title: What would a capitalist do?; title: Other types of wealth; title: Como ser negro y no morir en el intento; title: Invented identities, imagined lives; title: Leaving Dinora; title: The socialist job search; title: Un socio me pregunto; title: The Cuban goodbye.