{"product_id":"the-cubans-ordinary-lives-in-extraordinary-times-9781784708221","title":"The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving and rich...overflowing with warmth and humanity'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this pioneering work of life-writing and reportage, Anthony DePalma reconstructs the interwoven stories of five ordinary citizens and their families to bring the true story of the Cuban people to the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Castro's heyday, through the devastation of post-Soviet collapse, to the false dawn of recent years, we witness the hardships of life across six decades of socialist state control - where even today the government decides what work you can do and where you live; where food is rationed, and basic medicines are unavailable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cubans\u003c\/i\u003e maps a country where the revolution that once inspired its people has since tested their faith with tragedy and disillusionment, revealing the daily acts of heroism and the endlessly adaptive resilience that are required of them to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Page-turning...revealing and unputdownable' Claire Boobbyer, Cuba travel expert \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A deeply reported...account of Cuba's bittersweet realities' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVibrant and hugely enjoyable ... DePalma is a terrific reporter, with a novelist's eye for detail. He uses the extraordinary trust he has gained from his subjects to paint a vivid, deeply sympathetic picture of Cuban life, and the quiet fortitude of its people * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eAn immersive and compelling read ... DePalma wanted to 'reach beyond the myths, to show the real Cuba and the real Cubans who live there' ... In this, he has succeeded brilliantly * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eA moving and rich account ... DePalma's book is overflowing with warmth and humanity - much like the Cuban people * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eRemarkably revealing ... [DePalma] renders a Cuba few tourists will ever see ... You won't forget these people soon, and you are bound to emerge from DePalma's bighearted account with a deeper understanding of a storied island * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThink of this as an anti-Fidel corrective to the scores of volumes fixated on the ruler-for-life-force-of-nature-movie-star dictator * Washington Post Sunday *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851287183703,"sku":"9781784708221","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784708221.jpg?v=1710632746","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cubans-ordinary-lives-in-extraordinary-times-9781784708221","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}