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Passage to Cuba: An Up-Close Look at the World's Most Colorful Culture

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Passage to Cuba: An Up-Close Look at the World's Most Colorful Culture

To stroll the streets of CubaÂ—to hear the rumbling engines of its 1950s automobiles, the jazz, and the rumbaÂ—is to travel back in time, to see jaw-dropping natural beauty and the artists, musicians, and folklore of legends.

With access few others have had, Cynthia Carris Alonso has spent twenty years capturing Havanaâ€™s crumbling, baroque splendor. Her photographs celebrate the dreamy palette of CubaÂ—salmon pink, sky blue, apricot, aqua greenÂ—and reveal the contrast between patina homes; peeling stucco apartments; and the great Capitol Building, Havana Cathedral, and Hotel Nacional.

With Passage to Cuba, Alonso opens the doors to an exquisite but rarely seen place. So take a stroll along the MalecÃ³n seawall; marvel at the dancers with their colorful, ornate costumes; lose yourself in JosÃ© Fusterâ€™s spellbinding mosaic designs; or simply relax in the warm sun of the countryside, where the calm, aging fishermen spend their days and where Ernest Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea.

This keepsake volume is a breathtaking tribute to a land with a complex history. Itâ€™s a lush, vibrant collection of photographs and a road map to use to embark on a remarkable odyssey.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-06-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781632206527

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