The Cuban comedy : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
Los Angeles, California : Unnamed Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781944700874 (pbk.), 1944700870
Physical Desc
205 pages ; 20 cm
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Published
Los Angeles, California : Unnamed Press, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781944700874 (pbk.), 1944700870
Notes
Description
Piedra Negra is an isolated village, whose citizens consist mainly of soldiers injured in the revolution who pass the time drinking a firewater so intense, all hallucinate, and most never recover. The firewater distiller's daughter Elena longs to be a poet, and after a chance encounter with Daniel Arcilla, Cuba's most important poet, Elena wins a national poetry prize and leaves Piedra Negra behind for Havana. There she encounters a population adjusting to a new way of life, post-revolution: there are spies and secret meetings, black marketeers, and censorship. Full of outlandish humor and insights into an often contradictory and kafkaesque regime, Medina brings 1960s Cuba to life through the eyes of Elena.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Randolph Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION MEDINA | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Cuba -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Cuban Americans.
Distillers -- Fiction.
Hallucinations and illusions -- Fiction.
Havana (Cuba) -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Magic realism (Literature) -- Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
Poets -- Fiction.
Satirical fiction.
Cuban Americans.
Distillers -- Fiction.
Hallucinations and illusions -- Fiction.
Havana (Cuba) -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Magic realism (Literature) -- Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
Poets -- Fiction.
Satirical fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Medina, P. (2019). The Cuban comedy: a novel (First edition.). Unnamed Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Medina, Pablo, 1948-. 2019. The Cuban Comedy: A Novel. Unnamed Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Medina, Pablo, 1948-. The Cuban Comedy: A Novel Unnamed Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Medina, Pablo. The Cuban Comedy: A Novel First edition., Unnamed Press, 2019.
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