The Resource 33 revolutions, Canek Sánchez Guevara ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis
33 revolutions, Canek Sánchez Guevara ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis
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The item 33 revolutions, Canek Sánchez Guevara ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The hero of this mordant portrayal of life in contemporary Cuba is a black Cuban whose parents were enthusiastic supporters of the Castro Revolution. His father, however, having fallen foul of the regime, is accused of embezzlement and dies of a stroke. Following her husband's death, his mother flees the country and settles in Madrid. Our hero separates from his wife and now spends much of his time in the company of his Russian neighbor, from whom he discovers the pleasures of reading. The books he reads gradually open his eyes to the incongruity between party slogans and the gray oppressive reality that surrounds him: the office routine; the daily complaints of his colleagues about problems big and small; his own obsessive thoughts which circulate like a broken record. Every day he photographs the spontaneous eruptions of dissent on the streets and witnesses the sad spectacle of young people crowding onto makeshift rafts and leaving the island. Every night he suffers from Kafkaesque nightmares in which he is arrested and tried for unknown crimes. His disappointment and delusion grow until a day comes when he declares his unwillingness to become an informer, and his real troubles begin. 33 Revolutions is a candid and moving story about the disappointments of a generation that believed in the ideals of the Castro Revolution. it is a unique look into the lives of ordinary people in Cuba over the past five decades and a stylish work of fiction about a young man's awakening."--Amazon.com
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- spa
- eng
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- 33 revolutions
- Title
- 33 revolutions
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- Canek Sánchez Guevara ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis
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- Thirty-three revolutions
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- trueTotalitarianism
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- trueIdeology
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- Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
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- FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
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- FICTION / Political
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- "The hero of this mordant portrayal of life in contemporary Cuba is a black Cuban whose parents were enthusiastic supporters of the Castro Revolution. His father, however, having fallen foul of the regime, is accused of embezzlement and dies of a stroke. Following her husband's death, his mother flees the country and settles in Madrid. Our hero separates from his wife and now spends much of his time in the company of his Russian neighbor, from whom he discovers the pleasures of reading. The books he reads gradually open his eyes to the incongruity between party slogans and the gray oppressive reality that surrounds him: the office routine; the daily complaints of his colleagues about problems big and small; his own obsessive thoughts which circulate like a broken record. Every day he photographs the spontaneous eruptions of dissent on the streets and witnesses the sad spectacle of young people crowding onto makeshift rafts and leaving the island. Every night he suffers from Kafkaesque nightmares in which he is arrested and tried for unknown crimes. His disappointment and delusion grow until a day comes when he declares his unwillingness to become an informer, and his real troubles begin. 33 Revolutions is a candid and moving story about the disappointments of a generation that believed in the ideals of the Castro Revolution. it is a unique look into the lives of ordinary people in Cuba over the past five decades and a stylish work of fiction about a young man's awakening."--Amazon.com
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- 10532606
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- Sánchez Guevara, Canek
- Dewey number
- 863/.7
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Spanish
- Literary form
- novels
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- 1949-
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- Curtis, Howard
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- Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
- Young men
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Cuba
- Emigration and immigration
- Social conditions
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- Cuba
- FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Political
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- 33 revolutions, Canek Sánchez Guevara ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis
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- ocn945483048
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- 18 cm
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- 94 pages
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- 9781609453480
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- 2016298124
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- ocn945483048
- Dimensions
- 18 cm
- Extent
- 94 pages
- Isbn
- 9781609453480
- Lccn
- 2016298124
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945483048
Subject
- trueTotalitarianism
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- trueIdeology
- trueOppression (Psychology)
- trueResistance to government
- Revolution (Cuba : 1959)
- trueRevolutionaries
- Social conditions
- Young men
- Young men -- Cuba -- Fiction
- 1959
- trueAfrican Cubans
- trueBooks and reading
- trueCommunism
- Communism -- Cuba
- trueCuba
- Cuba
- Cuba -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
- Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Fiction
- trueCuba -- Politics and government
- Cuba -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- trueDisillusionment
- Emigration and immigration
- FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Political
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