Placeholder text

Go to cart

Cuba Diaries

By Isadora Tattlin

Cuba Diaries

By Isadora Tattlin

0 - Default Title
Description
The face of modern-day Cuba is in many respects still frozen in the 1950s with its classic American cars horse-drawn carriages and colonial Spanish architecture. In a country where taxi drivers earn more than doctors understanding Cuba is a compelling but never-ending task.
In the early 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall Cuba was plunged into crisis. Having been subsidized by the Soviet Union to the tune of $3 million a day the country's economy entered freefall. The ban on the US dollar was lifted the floodgates of tourism opened and the salaries of Cubans in contact with foreigners went into orbit.
Into Castro's fortress of dollar-fuelled hedonism and communist austerity came the American wife of a European energy consultant posted to Havana and their two small children. Isadora Tattlin befriended Cubans from all walks of life gave dozens of parties - even Fidel Castro came to dinner! - and kept a daily diary. The result is a remarkable testimony to a unique period in Cuba's history when el triunfo de la revolucion was beginning to clash with the powerful lure of multinational consumerism.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2009-09-29
Publication Date:
2009-09-29
Publisher:
Bantam
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0553824899
ISBN13:
9780553824896
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
413 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out