{"product_id":"dancing-with-cuba-a-memoir-of-the-revolution-paperback","title":"Dancing with Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlma Guillermoprieto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cuba's National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this electrifying memoir, Guillermoprieto-now an award-winning journalist and arguably one of our finest writers on Latin America- resurrects a time when dancers and revolutionaries seemed to occupy the same historical stage and even a floor exercise could be a profoundly political act. Exuberant and elegiac, tender and unsparing, \u003cb\u003eDancing with Cuba\u003c\/b\u003e is a triumph of memory and feeling.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1970 a young dancer named Alma Guillermoprieto left New York to take a job teaching at Cuba's National School of Dance. For six months, she worked in mirrorless studios (it was considered more revolutionary); her poorly trained but ardent students worked without them but dreamt of greatness. Yet in the midst of chronic shortages and revolutionary upheaval, Guillermoprieto found in Cuba a people whose sense of purpose touched her forever. \u003cbr\u003eIn this electrifying memoir, Guillermoprieto-now an award-winning journalist and arguably one of our finest writers on Latin America- resurrects a time when dancers and revolutionaries seemed to occupy the same historical stage and even a floor exercise could be a profoundly political act. Exuberant and elegiac, tender and unsparing, Dancing with Cuba is a triumph of memory and feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlma Guillermoprieto writes frequently for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e (where the first chapter of this book appeared in 2002) and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eLooking for History\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Heart That Bleeds\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eSamba\u003c\/b\u003e, and she was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1995. Raised in Mexico and the United States, she now makes her home in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.06 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724233216063,"sku":"9780375725814","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fb41362cc3a41b67d4d48af00bd8d4a5.webp?v=1765101967","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dancing-with-cuba-a-memoir-of-the-revolution-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}