"“A classic story . . . delivers real news from Cuba in a lyrical way.”–NPR
Available for a new generation, Wendy Guerra’s intoxicating and heartrending classic—a portrait of economically depressed post-revolutionary Cuba in the late 1970s, written as the diary of a young girl left behind by her parents and the state, who becomes caught in an acrimonious custody battle.
It is 1978, and Nieve finds herself caught between the tides of her parents' turbulent relationship and a country in turmoil. To try to control her situation, she begins to record the intimate and harsh details of her life in her diary. Becoming her sole means of expression, the diary is her only constant and her only friend. From being torn from her mother, her mother’s free-spirited and loving boyfriend, and her childhood city of Cienfuegos, to living with her abusive father, an alcoholic theater actor, to her forced induction as a Cuban “revolutionary Pioneer,” Nieve records in honest detail a life in which she is powerless as she loses the people and freedom she loves.
Mirroring the author's own experiences between the ages of eight and twenty, Everyone Leaves paints a vivid portrait of family life and social and political unrest in Castro's Cuba while exploring how the patriarchal and conformist notions of the Revolution betrayed the nation's women.
Translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas"
"«Cumplí a cabalidad mis cuatro pasos:
concebir, conspirar, ejecutar y evadir.»
El carismático mercenario que narra esta historia es un personaje real bajo el seudónimo de Adrián Falcón, aunque a lo largo de sus años en activo usó otros como El Parse, Garfio, Strelkinov...Tierno y diabólico, Falcón tiene ahora sesenta y tantos años y ha sobrevivido con peculiar sentido del humor a su compleja historia de vida. Y es que fue perseguido en Estados Unidos y varios países latinoamericanos por terrorismo, fue pieza clave de casos tan escandalosos como el Irán-Contra, y operó con los cárteles colombianos para financiar acciones contrarrevolucionarias. Considerándose un 'luchador por la libertad', actuó contra el mando de la Unión Soviética, el Sandinismo y Fidel Castro.
Aunque en su momento fue blanco del FBI, termina sus días de combate convertido en condottiero de la cia y descreído de todo. El desencanto hace que decida luchar por su destino y encuentre una aliada en Valentina, a la que conoce en París y con quien comienza una relación de intereses; a su modo, ella es también una superviviente mercenaria.
Esta obra ofrece un punto de referencia a quienes se preguntan por los enemigos que enfrentaron las izquierdas latinoamericanas y es producto de entrevistas con Falcón y de la revisión de archivos que llevó a cabo Wendy Guerra, hija del idealismo guerrillero que ha saltado la tapia para mirar del otro lado."
"A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath.
Nadia Guerra’s mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she’s an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn’t quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study in Russia.
Leaving Cuba offers her the chance to find her long lost mother and her real father. But as she embarks on a journey east, Nadia soon begins to question everything she thought she knew and understood about her past.
As Nadia discovers more about her family, her fate becomes entwined with that of Celia Sanchez, an icon of the Cuban Revolution—a resistance fighter, ingenious spy, and the rumored lover of Fidel Castro. A tale of revolutionary ideals and promise, Celia’s story interweaves with Nadia’s search for meaning, and eventually reveals secrets Nadia could never have dreamed.
Translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas"
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