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Real Life in Castro's Cuba (Latin American Silhouettes)
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by Catherine Moses
Sales Rank: 3444160
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List Price: $84.00
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 184 pages
Published by: SR Books January 28, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0842028366
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0842028363
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 13.9 ounces
Product Review
A heartfelt account of the daunting trials that confront the Cuban people, written with passion and affection. -- Ann Louise Bardach, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
Catherine Moses clearly put her two years as Our lady in Havana to good use, developing a solid understanding of Cuba's faded dreams of a socialist utopia and gathering wonderfully human anecdotes about daily life. -- Juan O. Tamayo, Latin American correspondent, The Miami Herald
In a thoughtful, smoothly written narrative, Catherine Moses tells a moving story of the Cuban people tangled in the web of a dying revolution. For anyone weary of the feud between the Cuban and U.S. governments and eager to know about the lives of ordinary Cubans, this perceptive book should be required reading. -- Robert A. Pastor, Professor of Political Science, Emory University, and Former National Security Advisor on Latin America, 197781
We readers are the beneficiaries of Mosess deep understanding of the Cuban people and the political, economic, and social transformation they are carrying out against the will of their government. Real Life in Castros Cuba explains why the revolution led by Fidel Castro is already dead and how ordinary Cubans are constructing a new Cuba on its ruins. -- Richard A. Nuccio, President Clintons special advisor for Cuba from 1995 to 1996
Product Description
This new book provides a first-hand, grassroots look at life in Cuba, including very vivid descriptions of its people and places. Real Life in Castro's Cuba illuminates the human face of Cuba, which over the years has largely been hidden in the shadow of Fidel Castro.
Real Life in Castro's Cuba is written by Catherine Moses, who lived and worked in Cuba as a press secretary and spokesperson for the United States from 1995 to 1996. This compelling, compassionate portrait contains personal observations about the Cubans' struggles, triumphs, hopes, and daily compromises to survive. The Cuban population lives with a deteriorating infrastructure, forcing many hardships on the people, including a scarcity of food, fuel, clothing, medicines, and other basic needs.
The author's detailed cultural account of Cuba introduces the reader to everyday Cubans from party officials to dissidents to everyone in between. It shows how Cuba's socialist system works and gives reasons why Fidel Castro is still in power. Real Life in Castro's Cuba also describes the significant role of religion and spirituality in the life of Cubans. Although Moses expresses regret over the state of U.S.-Cuban relations, the purpose of the book is not to choose up sides. Instead, the book is designed simply to introduce readers to real life in Cuba.
The book's unique approach allows an intimate picture of life in a faded Marxist regime. As the author writes, Cuba is a curious mixture of Spanish Caribbean, socialist ideals gone awry, memories of what was, and a desperate need to survive.
This fascinating new book will appeal to all readers who are interested in getting a closer look at what life is like in Cuba today.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Real Life in Castro's Cuba (Latin American Silhouettes) (Paperback)
Some of the other reviewers for this book have forgotten that no book exists independently of its author's experience. Unless one has preconceived notions about how life in Cuba "should be" rather than how it is, the mere fact that Ms. Moses lived in Cuba as a U.S. government employee is neither to her credit nor her discredit. Much more significant is the fact that Ms. Moses provides a perspective few Americans are able to have. It is ridiculously cynical (and even sensational) to suggest that Ms. Moses is simply spouting a "party line" - certainly she hoped for more cogent, astute readers. It is much more reasonable to assume that her book is a reflection of her honest experience, rather than an homage to her "bias." It is worth noting that this book is a useful first glance, yet hardly sufficient pre-trip reading for anyone planning a trip to Cuba. As a university Spanish professor who leads student trips to Cuba on a fairly regular basis, I do recommend it to student participants as pre-trip reading, but balanced with some other types of analysis, such as Jane Franklin's "Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History," which is decidedly more "pro-Cuban" (sold freely in Cuba, incidentally). Only by taking a balanced approach to Cuban issues can anyone hope to unravel the intricacies of Cuban society and U.S.-Cuban relations. Does any one book give a complete and accurate picture? Of course not. Does Moses' book capture the honest experience of an American living in Havana at an interesting time in history? Most definitely.
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