Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy

Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy

â€œHave mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.â€ In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Havanaâ€”exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by Fidel Castroâ€™s revolution. Winner of the National Book Award, this stunning memoir is a vibrant and evocative look at Latin America from a childâ€™s unforgettable experience.

Waiting for Snow in Havana is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlosâ€™s youthâ€”with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestasâ€”becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal, political dissent leads to imprisonment, and too many of Carlosâ€™s friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there, too, and fulfill his motherâ€™s dreams by becoming a modern American manâ€”even if his soul remains in the country he left behind.

Narrated with the urgency of a confession, Waiting for Snow in Havana is a eulogy for a native land and a loving testament to the collective spirit of Cubans everywhere.
Country USA
Manufacturer Free Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2003-02-05
Format Kindle eBook

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