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A True Story (Paperback)
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A True Story (Paperback)
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Loot Price R549
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Miguel Barnet's A True Story is based on the life of Julian Mesa, a
Cuban living in New York City. The novel spans the years between
the 1930s to the 1980s as the protagonist moves from Cuba to the
US. Throughout the novel Julian, a building supervisor in the
Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, recounts his life beginning with
his early childhood years in the Cuban countryside and ending on
the brink of tears as he dreams about an island which he dreams of
seeing again. His account tells of the brutal work of the Cuban
peasant in the sugarcane fields as well as the oppressive
unemployment situation in Havana during the 1930s and 40s. Arriving
in New York before the triumph of the Revolution in search of
better opportunities, Julian struggles to keep Cuba alive within
him through language, newspapers, social clubs, radio, and letters.
A True Story highlights the Hispanic community in New York,
especially the close relationships between Cubans and Puerto
Ricans, and acknowledges the important events that took place in
this city which are fundamental to the history of Cuba. Barnet
brings to life the voice of a man with a deeply broken heart that
would otherwise be silenced. Miguel Barnet is a major novelist,
poet, and ethnographer living in Havana. He is best known for his
testimonial novels. His work is widely read throughout Cuba and
abroad and has been translated into numerous languages. He has
received many awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.
Regina Galasso is a professor of Spanish language and literature at
The City University of New York. " A True Story makes us] think
about The Old Man and the Sea: a magnificent voyage, dignity where
there isn't any, tenderness and resignation, struggle and memories
of a lost world. All of that to return to any port with a victory
in which everything has been lost." Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Unomasuno, Mexico City "In La vida real, Barnet confronts the
dilemma of the Latin America immigrant in the United States not
from the standpoint of politics, rather, from the perspective of
what is universal and human regardless of political and cultural
divisions." S.R. Wilson, Chasqui-Revista de literatura
latinoamericana
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