New Cuba ebook

[pedromendes]

I recently befriended Cuban noir writer Jose Latour. This man's story is amazing: joined the revolution at 17, saw it happen at 19, became a ministry worker (even met and worked with Ché), eventually disillusionment kicked in, turned to writing, was blacklisted, and fled Cuba in 2004 to settle in Toronto.

When I met him, I wondered what his own views on the revolution were and he told me he'd written a non-fiction book about it all, but couldn't find a publisher. I hooked him up through a friend at Kobo books and a few months later, here it is: a true insider's view of the last 60 years of Cuban history:

http://kobobooks.com/ebook/Cuba-Revolution-Involution-Evolution/book-oyvD6Z2fTkuyWxRcOH7veQ/page1.html

And just in case you're wondering: I have no vested interest in this other than trying to help a friend, and introduce y'all to a great book and author.

[tdlfoto]

thanks for sharing Pedro! I'm always fascinated by this kind of stuff and after reading the synopsis I'm going to buy a copy.

[mazolaman]

Yeah,nice one Pedro

That's a nice thing to do.

Oh to have lived such an interesting life!

[PuffDaddie]

Can" wait to read it.

[Plato]

Reading it now. Thanks!

[pedromendes]

Just bumping this up as I finished reading it and HIGHLY recommend it for anyone who's ever wanted a really, really in depth opinion from an insider on what the last 50 years have been like in Cuba.

Jose also spends a lot of time talking about what post-Communist Cuba could look like.

It all leaves me with a far more nuanced and complex picture of the whole situation.

[Plato]

I finished it last month. I cant praise it enough. An excellent read.

[Bartolomeo]

Just bought it

[JohnnyC]

Thank You Don Pedro. I love to read all I can about Cuba and its history. It will be great to get an insiders views of the events.

[Hash]

It is the same all over after every revolution ,high expectations give way to disillusion and disappointment,but lets not take away some of the good accomplishments of the Cuban revolution .

[pedromendes]

It is the same all over after every revolution ,high expectations give way to disillusion and disappointment,but lets not take away some of the good accomplishments of the Cuban revolution .

I recommend reading the book, hash, as Jose deals extensively with the "good accomplishments" in, I think, a fair way.

[Hash]

I recommend reading the book, hash, as Jose deals extensively with the "good accomplishments" in, I think, a fair way.

I will look for the book and read it,i am not taking sides,and well aware that revolutionaries fall in the traps of the same regimes they overthrew,but to know that the literacy rate in Cuba is close to 99% that beats many western democracies.

[thechenman]

It is the same all over after every revolution ,high expectations give way to disillusion and disappointment,but lets not take away some of the good accomplishments of the Cuban revolution .

And those would be...? I guess I should read the ebook too.