{"product_id":"cuba-in-mind-maria-finn-dominguez-9781400076130","title":"Cuba in Mind: An Anthology","description":"Since Columbus arrived in 1492 and called Cuba \"the most beautiful country that human eyes have ever seen,\" few places on earth have evoked such passion. The thirty-one writers in \u003cb\u003eCuba in Mind \u003c\/b\u003eoffer ample proof of the fascinations that have lured generations of travelers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this richly varied anthology of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, we hear from such famous visitors as Anthony Trollope, Langston Hughes, Ernest Hemingway, and Graham Greene. Poets and journalists offer their responses, from Allen Ginsberg and Jayne Cortez to Alma Guillermoprieto and Robert Stone; and novelists weigh in with such fictional portrayals as Elmore Leonard's \u003cb\u003eCuba Libre\u003c\/b\u003e and Pico Iyer's\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuba and the Night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eCuban exiles, immigrants, and their offspring provide their unique perspective, from Cristina Garc a's essay \"Simple Life\" to excerpts from Oscar Hijuelos's novel \u003cb\u003eThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love\u003c\/b\u003e and from Carlos Eire's memoir \u003cb\u003eWaiting for Snow in Havana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eEmbracing salsa and santeria, politics and baseball, the island's sparkling beaches and the teeming Havana streets, \u003cb\u003eCuba in Mind \u003c\/b\u003ecaptures the vibrancy, the contradictions, the heat and the humor of Cuba as shown by some of the best writers in the English language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eThomas Barbour - Jos  Barreiro - Ruth Behar - William Cullen Bryant - Jayne Cortez - Stephen Crane - Andrei Codrescu - Eleanor Early - Carlos Eire - Kimi Eisele - Cristina Garc a - Allen Ginsberg - Graham Greene - Alma Guillermoprieto - Elizabeth Hanly - Ernest Hemingway - Consuelo Hermer - Oscar Hijuelos - Langston Hughes - Pico Iyer - Elmore Leonard - Rosa Lowinger - Marjorie May - Tom Miller - Holly Morris - Ricardo Pau-Llosa - Robert Stone - Jim Shepard - Isadora Tattlin - Anthony Trollope - Walter D. Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Finn Dominguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400076137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400076130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 16","brand":"Maria Finn Dominguez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052817379583,"sku":"9781400076130","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ef2285d-f32b-48cf-be51-208ccc2aaf92.jpg?v=1685020906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cuba-in-mind-maria-finn-dominguez-9781400076130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}