THE BOOK OF HAVANA: A CITY IN SHORT FICTION - READING THE CITY. Este artículo no está disponible.THE BOOK OF HAVANA: A CITY IN SHORT FICTION - READING THE CITY

The stories gathered in this anthology reflect the many complex challenges Havana’s citizens have had to endure as a result of their country’s political isolation – from the hardships of the ‘Special Period’, to the pitfalls of Cuba’s schizophrenic currency system, to the indignities of becoming a cheap tourist destination for well-heeled Westerners. Moving through various moments in its recent history, as well as through different neighbourhoods – from the prefab, Soviet-era maze of Alamar, to the bars and nightclubs of the Malecón and Vedado – these stories also demonstrate the defiance of Havana: surviving decades of economic disappointment with a flair for the comic, the surreal and the fantastical that remains as fresh as the first dreams of revolution. Translated from the Spanish by Orsola Casagrande and Séamas Carraher.

Orsola Casagrande is a renowned journalist, writer, and filmmaker. Daniel Chavarria has been awarded the prizes: Nacional Literary Prizes (Cuba) and its equivalent in Uruguay "Bartolome Hidalgo" in 2010. Irina J. Davidenko is a writer and actress. Eduardo del Llano Rodriguez is a writer, script writer, film director and actor. Laidi Fernandez de Juan is a writer and doctor. She was awarded the Luis Felipe and UNION prizes 1998 for her book "Oh vida." Jorge Enrique Lage is a writer. He has a degree in biochemistry. Eduardo Heras Leon is a writer. He is the director of the Centre of Literary Formation. Cinthia Paredes is a writer and actress. Ahmel Echevarria Pere was awarded the David UNION prize in 2004 for his book "Inventario." Francisco Lopez Sacha is a writer, essayist and teacher.