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'Havana: Autobiography of a City captures the imagination from the first page to the last. Brimming with curiosities, anecdotes, obscure facts and seductive personalities, the narrative reads as a blend of history, novel, and lyric essay. Estrada illuminates this legendary city as never before.' - Oscar Hijuelos, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
'This is narrative history at its best: Alfredo José Estrada makes Havana come alive as a dynamic entity with its own personality, tracing its development from colonial days to the present. It is also the best compact history of Cuba ever written in English. Beautifully worded, masterfully paced, the narrative can sweep you away and take you to Havana, at least in spirit. It is vivid enough to make any exile weep. When Havana finally sheds its monstrous dictatorship, this will be the book to take along and savor, page by page, street by street.' - Carlos Eire, author of Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
'A fascinating historical overview of a fascinating city. Insightful, interesting. A penetrating look at the rise and fall of one of the most beautiful Latin American capitals.'- Jaime Suchlicki, Professor and Director, Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami, USA
Havana: Autobiography of a City takes readers from the Plaza de Armas, the tree-lined square where Havana was founded by conquistadors in 1519, to the Malecón, the elegant boulevard along the shore where Fidel Castro rode a Russian tank in triumph. Estrada portrays the adventurers and dreamers who left their mark on Havana, including José Martí, martyr for Cuban independence; and Ernest Hemingway, the most American of writers who became an unabashed Habanero. The book is a deeply personal account of a love affair with a city, as well as an entertaining portrait of a place not easily forgotten.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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