Cubanliterature

ManyWordsLater

The Distant Marvels | Chantel Acevedo

This is the kind of book you want to keep near you just in case you have a spare minute to read a page.

Balibee146 This sounds wonderful and is available to me with my Kobo Plus subscription yay. Thanks 🫶 2w

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ManyWordsLater

The Distant Marvels | Chantel Acevedo

I‘m taking these two on vacation with me next week.
Immigrant stories are really speaking to me right now even though I feel like I need to continue my women‘s studies course.

willaful A gave A Bintel Brief to my mom for her birthday, along with the new graphic novel based on it. Hope you enjoy!

(I'd think immigrant stories would be women's stories as well... perhaps an independent study?) 4w

Kimzey I have a copy of Distant Marvels on my TBR shelves. Looking forward to hearing how you like it! 4w

ManyWordsLater @willaful I HIGHLY recommend you “borrow” your mothers birthday gift. 2w

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amsu311

The Distant Marvels | Chantel Acevedo

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My 1st book after 4 months...
Took a very long time to start this book. I shelved it in 2021. Only started it yesterday and finished it in 2 days. It was really that good.

ManyWordsLater Same here! 1w

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Bookworm54

Cecilia Valdes: Or El Angel Hill | Cirilo Villaverde

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Finally finished this #AlmostAChunkster for #FoodAndLit #Cuba

It wasn‘t what I expected. It felt like a cross between a Jane Austen novel, Moll Flanders, and Gone with the Wind?

Set in nineteenth century Cuba, young Mulatto Cecilia (of unknown parentage, though we know straight away really) falls in love with a rich white man Leonardo. It is regularly remarked upon that she looks like his sister Adela. This is not a coincidence… 👇🏻

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Bookworm54 The blurb also kind of gives the final couple of chapters away. I expected it to play more of a role in the story! Regardless the book is full of dances, intrigue, class politics, scheming, and despite often leaning towards listing notable people and their clothing, was an interesting read. Some of the interludes between masters and slaves were quite difficult to read however. 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y

Texreader I am so impressed!! Congratulations on making it through this one for Cuba!! 3y

Catsandbooks Interesting! 🇨🇺 3y

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Bookworm54

Cecilia Valdes: Or El Angel Hill | Cirilo Villaverde

Finally starting Cecilia Valdes for #FoodAndLit #Cuba

I am looking forward to this novel, but also feeling a little overwhelmed! It‘s under 500 pages, but the writing is tiny!
It may end up over-running April 😂

#AwesomeApril #AlmostAChunkster

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Andrew65 Good luck, always more of a struggle when it‘s small writing. 3y

Texreader Good luck! My foodandlit books are always slipping into other months 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck!! 3y

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GatheringBooks

The Lost Steps | Alejo Carpentier

A Book That #BeginsWith #Lost - Day 2. These are two of the novels I hope to feature for #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 - our new reading theme at GatheringBooks.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻🎊📚 3y

Eggs 👏🏻📚🙌🏻 3y

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Tainomd

Todos se van | Wendy Guerra

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Una historia dolorosa de una niña que crece y llega a la adultez durante el régimen comunista de los 70 a los ochenta. Vemos el dolor de no solo las carencias materiales sino también los resultados emocionales y psíquicos producidos por el régimen. Tiene partes que son francamente líricos y pienso yo tienen la influencia de Dulce María Loynaz.
Lo recomiendo!