Title: Spared Angola
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.
Subjects: Childhood and youth, Cuban Americans, Literary collections, Social life and customs
People: Virgil Suárez (1962-)