by Ann Louise Bardach (Editor)
Travel to Cuba in the company of its finest writers and gain an understanding of its remarkable mystique. The twenty-one stories in this collection -- some of which appear in English for the first time -- will take you on an odyssey through the country's rich past to its dynamic present, where it is poised at the brink of immense change. Arranged by the areas of Cuba they illuminate, these stories offer up a rich literary banquet. Contributors include Luis Aguilar Le n, Mar a Eugenia Alegr a Nu ez, Uva de Arag n, Reinaldo Arenas, Richard Blanco, Lino Nov s Calvo, Calvert Casey, Alfonso Hern ndez Cat , Josefina de Diego, Abilio Est vez, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Cristina Garcia, Pedro Juan Guti rrez, Jos Lezama Lima, Pablo Medina, Ana Men ndez, Ernesto Mestre, Mayra Montero, Achy Obejas, Senel Paz, Antonio Jos Ponte, and Zo Vald s.