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Title: Cuba--Going Back by Tony Mendoza ISBN: 0-292-75233-4 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wanting to Go Back
Comment: Like Tony I am a cuban american who left Cuba in the early 60s for political freedom to study in the States. I came from a successful middle class family and a history of political successes and upheaval. I have always wanted to go back to re-live my youth in Havana, Tarara y Santa Maria del Mar (like Tony in Varadero) where I spent the happiest time of my youth. I have known of the misery of our people because I kept in touch, however Tony has been able to portray that misery in his wonderful black and white pictures. His writtings and dialogues are very easy to read but with a real message for everyone to understand. This is a great book for those who will like an honest and unbias portray of the cuban situation today. Tony has let these people speak out their feelings (pro and against) for the world to judge. I envy Tony for having the opportunity to return. His book has made me very sad because we are limited in our ability to help them. I cried for the younger generation unable to better themselves. Only the beauty of our land and sea remains untouched. Someday our people will be free again to make their choices and Cuba will be a wonderful place to visit. I promised myself to be in the first plane to help rebuild it.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Going Back" with Tony Mendoza
Comment: This is a wonderful book--a visual and literary treat for all readers. The author returned to his native Cuba after a 30+ year absence, and the result is this fascinating book which perfectly balances photography, memoir, and political/social observation. I was previously familiar with Mendoza's acclaimed photography, which is stunning here, and happily discovered he's also a terrific writer. The text comprises a significant part of the book, and it could certainly stand on its own. Mendoza's voice is enormously engaging and appealing--he's astutely observant of small, telling details, and his stories are often hilarious, lusty, and always insightful. The country's complicated political situation is presented with remarkable restraint--he allows Castro to speak for himself, literally, with segments of his speeches interspersed throughout the narrative; fascinating even to readers with a passing knowledge of/interest in world politics. All in all the book triumphs the great spirit of the Cuban people--the author's included.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truth, first hand
Comment: An excellent behind the scenes look at Cuba today. No better example of a failed yet still forced socialist state. This is not some itellectual dissection of the situation but a "person on the street" documentary. Must read for those who take democracy and free enterprise for granted and for those who even think Cuba is better now than in pre-revolution time.
As a Cuban born US citizen I applaude this book.
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Title: Inside Havana by Andrew Moore ISBN: 0811833437 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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