{"product_id":"cubanisimo-isbn-9780385721370","title":"Cubanisimo!","description":"\u003ci\u003e¡Cubanísimo!\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to gather Cuban stories, essays, poems and novel excerpts in one volume that summarizes the richness and depth of a great national literature. From the turn of the century to the present, from Havana to Miami, New York, Mexico City, Madrid and beyond, the spirit and diversity of Cuban cultureconverge in one vibrant literary jam session.  Cristina García has ingeniously grouped her selections according to “the music of their sentences” into five sections named for Cuban dance styles. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e¡Cubanísimo!\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an elegant classical \u003ci\u003edanzón\u003c\/i\u003e section that includes poems and diaries from the father of Cuban literature, José Martí, and Antonio Benítez-Rojo’s hallucinatory story \u003ci\u003eA View from the Mangrove\u003c\/i\u003e.  As it moves to more contemporary dances, the book offers, among other delights, the essay by Alejo Carpentier that was the first to define magical realism; the scandalously sensual eighth chapter from José Lezama Lima’s controversial 1966 novel \u003cb\u003eParadiso\u003c\/b\u003e; Ana Menendez’s Little Havana-inspired story, \u003ci\u003eIn Cuba I was a German Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea passage from Reinaldo Arenas’s acclaimed memoir \u003cb\u003eBefore Night Falls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand six witty musings—or mambos—on language from Gustavo Pérez Firmat’s \u003cb\u003eLife on the Hyphen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant introduction for readers who want to explore Cuban literature, as well as a collectible volume for those who love Cuba, \u003ci\u003e¡Cubanísimo!\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of Cuban culture, from the island to its farthest flung voices.Cristina García was born in Havana and grew up in New York City. Her first novel, \u003cb\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for a National Book Award and has been widely translated. Ms. García has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, and the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughter.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300658991333,"sku":"NP9780385721370","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385721370.jpg?v=1767724331","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/cubanisimo-isbn-9780385721370","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}