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A National Public Radio reporter offers a selection of interviews with the people of Cuba, from prostitutes to architects, which, combined with expert photographs, give a surprising and unprejudiced view of a fascinating and lively country. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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Sensuous, exotic, gritty, contradictory -- Cuba in all its gloryIn Ay,Cuba!, Andrei Codrescu and David Graham seek the heart and soul of this island ninety miles off the Florida coast and yet a world away. Carousing with Cuban prostitutes, intellectuals, hustlers, and laborers, Codrescu and Graham combine edgy narratives with stunning color photography to create a daring and compelling travelogue. Exploring the architecture, the bizarre two-tier economy of peso and dollar, revivals of both Catholicism and the Afro-Cuban religion of santeria, and the sexual and social mores of a post-cold war communist society, Ay,Cuba! uncovers the maddening and seductive complexities of this fiercely proud yet deeply divided society. This is a provocative look behind the headlines at a world both familiar and exotic.
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