Havana Dreams by Wendy Gimbel
A fascinating, powerfully evocative account of four generations of Cuban women: Naty Revuelta, born in 1925, a socialite during the Batista era, who became intoxicated with Castro and his revolution; Naty's mother, an unregenerate reactionary, and Naty's two daughters, one of whom is the illegitimate and unacknowledged child of Castro. Each of the women's lives is shaped by a part of the island's terrible and poignant contemporary history, and together they weave a tapestry - at once intimate and revelatory - of Cuba in our century.
A haunting WILD SWANS-type inter-weaving of four female generations in revolution-riven CubaAn elegiac portrait of a fairy-tale island * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
HAVANA DREAMS is a different sort of Cuban tale. An entertaining and enlightening book * SUNDAY TIMES *
This is a remarkable book about love, disillusionment and exile, a tale which in its own simple way tells as much about Cuba as any political treatise or weighty economic analysis * FINANCIAL TIMES *
An elegaic portrait of a fairy tale island, evoked through the lives of the women Castro rejected. MAIL ON SUNDAY
A book about passions - for love, memory and the ever-shifting pageantry of life and history that is Cuba * Oscar Hijuelos *
A shimmering book * New York Times Book Review *
HAVANA DREAMS is a different sort of Cuban tale. An entertaining and enlightening book * SUNDAY TIMES *
This is a remarkable book about love, disillusionment and exile, a tale which in its own simple way tells as much about Cuba as any political treatise or weighty economic analysis * FINANCIAL TIMES *
An elegaic portrait of a fairy tale island, evoked through the lives of the women Castro rejected. MAIL ON SUNDAY
A book about passions - for love, memory and the ever-shifting pageantry of life and history that is Cuba * Oscar Hijuelos *
A shimmering book * New York Times Book Review *
Wendy Gimbel has written for VOGUE, the NEW YORK TIMES and the NATION and had a book published on Edith Wharton. She lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860494628 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860494625 |
| Title | Havana Dreams |
| Author | Wendy Gimbel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1999-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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