This Is Cuba

An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Caribbean & West Indian, Nonfiction, Travel, Caribbean & Latin America, Caribbean & West Indies, Adventure & Literary Travel
Cover of the book This Is Cuba by David Ariosto, St. Martin's Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Ariosto ISBN: 9781250176981
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: December 11, 2018
Imprint: St. Martin's Press Language: English
Author: David Ariosto
ISBN: 9781250176981
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: December 11, 2018
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Language: English

USA Today "New and Noteworthy" • One of The Washington Post's "10 Books to Read—and Gift—in December"

"Fascinating." —Forbes

Fidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump was elected president. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never seemed more uncertain. Yet those who look close enough may recognize that signs of the next revolution are etched in plain view.

This is Cuba is a true story that begins in the summer of 2009 when a young American photo-journalist is offered the chance of a lifetime—a two-year assignment in Havana.

For David Ariosto, the island is an intriguing new world, unmoored from the one he left behind. From neighboring military coups, suspected honey traps, salty spooks, and desperate migrants to dissidents, doctors, and Havana’s empty shelves, Ariosto uncovers the island’s subtle absurdities, its Cold War mystique, and the hopes of a people in the throes of transition. Beyond the classic cars, salsa, and cigars lies a country in which black markets are ubiquitous, free speech is restricted, privacy is curtailed, sanctions wreak havoc, and an almost Kafka-esque goo of Soviet-style bureaucracy still slows the gears of an economy desperate to move forward.

But life in Cuba is indeed changing, as satellite dishes and internet hotspots dot the landscape and more Americans want in. Still, it’s not so simple. The old sentries on both sides of the Florida Straits remain at their posts, fists clenched and guarding against the specter of a Cold War that never quite ended, despite the death of Fidel and the hand-over of the presidency to a man whose last name isn’t Castro.

And now, a crisis is brewing.

In This Is Cuba, Ariosto looks at Cuba from the inside-out over the course of nine years, endeavoring to expose clues for what’s in store for the island as it undergoes its biggest change in more than half a century.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

USA Today "New and Noteworthy" • One of The Washington Post's "10 Books to Read—and Gift—in December"

"Fascinating." —Forbes

Fidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump was elected president. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never seemed more uncertain. Yet those who look close enough may recognize that signs of the next revolution are etched in plain view.

This is Cuba is a true story that begins in the summer of 2009 when a young American photo-journalist is offered the chance of a lifetime—a two-year assignment in Havana.

For David Ariosto, the island is an intriguing new world, unmoored from the one he left behind. From neighboring military coups, suspected honey traps, salty spooks, and desperate migrants to dissidents, doctors, and Havana’s empty shelves, Ariosto uncovers the island’s subtle absurdities, its Cold War mystique, and the hopes of a people in the throes of transition. Beyond the classic cars, salsa, and cigars lies a country in which black markets are ubiquitous, free speech is restricted, privacy is curtailed, sanctions wreak havoc, and an almost Kafka-esque goo of Soviet-style bureaucracy still slows the gears of an economy desperate to move forward.

But life in Cuba is indeed changing, as satellite dishes and internet hotspots dot the landscape and more Americans want in. Still, it’s not so simple. The old sentries on both sides of the Florida Straits remain at their posts, fists clenched and guarding against the specter of a Cold War that never quite ended, despite the death of Fidel and the hand-over of the presidency to a man whose last name isn’t Castro.

And now, a crisis is brewing.

In This Is Cuba, Ariosto looks at Cuba from the inside-out over the course of nine years, endeavoring to expose clues for what’s in store for the island as it undergoes its biggest change in more than half a century.

More books from St. Martin's Press

Cover of the book Saving Zoe by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Heaven by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Left of Boom by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Sons of Thunder by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Off the Chart by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Curse of the Jade Lily by David Ariosto
Cover of the book What Doesn't Kill Her by David Ariosto
Cover of the book American Heretics by David Ariosto
Cover of the book A Really Cute Corpse by David Ariosto
Cover of the book The Gravedigger's Ball by David Ariosto
Cover of the book The Big Boom by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Some Like It Hot by David Ariosto
Cover of the book Making Peace with the Things in Your Life by David Ariosto
Cover of the book How They Got into Harvard by David Ariosto
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy