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Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures
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by Osvaldo Salas, Roberto Salas, Jon Lee Anderson, and Gregory Tozian
Sales Rank: 999675
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List Price: $22.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 176 pages
Published by: Running Press December 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1560252456
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1560252450
Book Dimensions:
11.1 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
From Library Journal
The image of the Cuban revolutionary is so imbedded in the cultural consciousness that these pictures by the father-and-son photographic team who documented Castro's career for the newspaper Revolucion at first seem almost a cliche: Castro gesticulating wildly before the general assembly; a pensive close-up of Che, his trailing cigar smoke artistically illuminated. But it is an apt medium for describing Fidel's Cuba, as visual images and physical symbols were as central to communicating with a largely illiterate populus as Fidel's notorious six-hour speeches. While the Salases cover everything from the 1959 overthrow of Batista to the 1962 missile crisis, what they capture with striking clarity is the personal and often romantic expression of figures as emotionally raw and complex as Che, Castro, his brother Raul, and confidante Celia Sanchez. A chronology of events interspersed with personal anecdotes from Roberto Salas ("Salitas," or "little Salas," as Fidel called him) are humorous (Castro was always low on cash) if a bit self-aggrandizing. As Cuba today resembles a gorgeous lady with a now-marred visage, these photographs (only now available in this country) access Castro's once passionate ideology and charisma. For general collections. [With the approach of the 20th anniversary of Castro's takeover in Cuba, we can expect more books on the subject in the coming year.?Ed.]?Millys Lee, "Library Journal.
-?Millys Lee, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Fidel's Cuba commemorates the anniversary of the Cuban leader's victory with black-and-white portraits of great power. With an insider's intimacy, Osvaldo and Roberto Salas followed Castro from his clean- shaven days to the Sierra Maestra, where he and Che Guevara prepared to lead insurgents in victory. The infamous Bay of Pigs invasion, the only known meeting of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel, and the daily life of the Cuban people are all chronicled here.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures (Hardcover)
Apart from the amazing photography, which captures an epoch so freqently only seen through CIA-filtered eyes, the book is a simple overview of the Cuban revolution and the real people of Cuba - not just the materialistic bourgouisie - who supported Castro and still do. Most enigmatic of all are the photos of Castro and Che, and then just Che, his magnetism shining through regardless of his beliefs. Set your politics aside. Look at this wonderful book and ponder how close Fidel and Che came to actually getting it right.
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