Girl Like Che Guevara - Brossura

Doval, Teresa De LA Caridad

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ISBN 10: 1569473978 ISBN 13: 9781569473979

Casa editrice: Soho Pr Inc, 2005

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Fifteen-year-old Lourdes spends four months harvesting tobacco in the Cuban countryside and begins sessions on becoming a true Communist revolutionary like Che Guevara, and in the process experiences her first love with Papirito.

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Praise for Girl Like Che Guevara

“Amusing, observant. . . . Doval’s sense of place and devastating depiction of prejudice in 1980s Cuba make this a worthwhile debut.”
—The Miami Herald

“[A] piquant coming-of-age novel.”
—O magazine

“Absolutely remarkable . . . explodes with brilliance.”
—Carlos Eire, National Book Award-winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana

“A rich and perceptive portrayal of daily life in Cuba.”
—Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

“Written in Lourdes' vulnerable, believable voice, this moving first novel describes the particulars of living under Cuban communism while skillfully articulating 'the pieces of a childhood inexorably left behind.'”
—Booklist

“Doval provides an intimate portrait of life inside Communist Cuba in this absorbing [debut] . . . [as well as] sensitive characterizations and rich picture of Havana and the beguiling Cuban landscape.”
—Publishers Weekly

“An intriguing glimpse into Castro’s Cuba.”
—Kirkus Reviews

L'autore:

Teresa de la Caridad Doval was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1966. She attended the University of Havana and earned a BA in English literature and an MA in Spanish literature. She left Cuba in 1996 and currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband

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