Telex from Cuba: A Novel

Telex from Cuba: A Novel
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Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction

The debut novel by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Kushner, called â€œshimmeringâ€ (The New Yorker), â€œmultilayered and absorbingâ€ (The New York Times Book Review), and â€œgorgeously writtenâ€ (Kirkus Reviews).

Young Everly Lederer and K.C. Stites come of age in Oriente Province, where the Americans tend their own fiefdomâ€”three hundred thousand acres of United Fruit Company sugarcane that surround their gated enclave. If the rural tropics are a child's dreamworld, Everly and K.C. nevertheless have keen eyes for the indulgences and betrayals of the grown-ups around themâ€”the mordant drinking and illicit loves, the race hierarchies and violence.

In Havana, a thousand kilometers and a world away from the American colony, a cabaret dancer meets a French agitator named Christian de La MaziÃ¨re, whose seductive demeanor can't mask his shameful past. Together they become enmeshed in the brewing political underground. When Fidel and RaÃºl Castro lead a revolt from the mountains above the cane plantation, torching the sugar and kidnapping a boat full of "yanqui" revelers, K.C. and Everly begin to discover the brutality that keeps the colony humming. Though their parents remain blissfully untouched by the forces of history, the children hear the whispers of what is to come.

Kushner's first novel is a tour de force, haunting and compelling, with the urgency of a telex from a forgotten time and place.
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781416561040
ReleaseDate 2009-06-02
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781416561040

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781416561040
ReleaseDate	2009-06-02
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781416561040

Telex from Cuba: A Novel

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