Es Cuba by Lea Aschkenas
Es Cuba is a poignant and passionate travel memoir about falling in love with a country and one of its compatriots. Aschkenas never strays from her acute awareness that there is no way to separate her foreignness (intensified by U. S. -Cuba relations) from the complex mix of emotions, devotion and rejection, enrapture and apprehension that she develops toward the country. Her tale is filled with beautifully woven descriptions of Cuba and the customs and habits of its people. Aschkenas is a discerning observer, taking in the innocence, isolation, contradictions, and resolute optimism of a people who have persevered against the collective disappointment bestowed upon them by a government that has been unable to deliver the utopia promised by socialism. Aschkenas, already a seasoned traveler by the time she arrives in Cuba for the first time in 1999, is overcome by her own passion for Cuba and her unraveling affection for Alfredo as she comes to appreciate his navet, sincerity, and ability to live for the moment, something she comes to realize is the effect of growing up in a culture where nothing is ever certain.Lea Aschkenas' book reviews and essays have featured in the Washington Post Book World, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, salon.com, and Outside. Her travel writing has appeared in Outside and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and her poetry has appeared in Maryland Poetry Review and Beside the Sleeping Maiden: Poets of Marin. Aschkenas is a poet who teaches poetry at public schools and works at a public library. She and her husband, Alfredo, live in the Bay Area.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781580051798 |
| ISBN 10 | 1580051790 |
| Title | Es Cuba |
| Author | Lea Aschkenas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Seal Press |
| Year published | 2005-12-20 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Prizes | Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Travel Essays) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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