- Paperback: 124 pages
- Publisher: Writers Club Press (August 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0595194575
- ISBN-13: 978-0595194575
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,641,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A personal memoir about a trip to Cuba from a young Cuban-American living in Miami. A family tragedy turns into a dialogue about one's roots, one's family, one's country, and what the future holds.
Rediscovering Cuba is the riveting story of one's family trip to Cuba. In 1998, author Jorge Reyes was informed of his grandmother's terminal illness, who he had not seen in over twenty years. Curious to unravel the mystery that for many years has enshrouded Cuba, he convinced his mother and aunt to accompany him and revisit their native land. This part diary, part memoir, is based on this trip. We are taken to Santiago de Cuba and to Boniato, a small town on the outskirts of the city rumored to have been built atop an old Indian cemetery. Along the way, we meet colorful characters and eccentric family members set against a rich background of folklore, local color and politics.
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I love you a lot... I received your letter... My dad is fine. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating book...,
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Ce commentaire est de: Rediscovering Cuba: A Personal Memoir (Paperback)
As I read this book, the story unfolded in my mind's eye like any movie projector would project a movie in a cinema. Reyes' descriptive prose is very good, it makes the images come to life in vivid color and detail. His descriptions of the familiar places of my childhood once again led me through the intricate annals of memory summoning faint images of a beautiful childhood, which now seems to have belonged to another lifetime, in a far distant world.
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Sad and poignant.,
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Wow! What sadness exists in Reyes's Cuba! in his dreams! in his longings! in his recreation of a world long disappeared! For a Brit like me, to be able to sympathesize with a world so different from mine is true testament of Reyes's talent and passion. I've always wanted to visit Cuba. Maybe this will give me the push to finally do it.
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Beautiful,
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To think that all of us can make of our own personal lives something as meaningful as Jorge Reyes did in Rediscovering Cuba. A welcome addition to our Latino literature.
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