{"product_id":"cuba-on-the-verge-12-writers-on-continuity-and-change-in-havana-and-across-the-country-9780062661074","title":"Cuba on the Verge: 12 Writers on Continuity and Change in Havana and Across the Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpanning politics and art, music and baseball, \u003cem\u003eCuba on the Verge\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely look at a society's profound transformation--from inside and out\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChange looms in Cuba. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust ninety miles from United States shores yet inaccessible to most Americans until recently, Cuba fascinates as much as it confounds. Images of the Buena Vista Social Club, wild nights at the Tropicana, classic cars, and bearded rebels clinching cigars only scrape the surface of Cuba's complex history and legacy. As the US and Cuba move toward the normalization of diplomatic relations after an epic fifty-six-year standoff, we find ourselves face-to-face with one of the few places in the world that has been off limits to most Americans. We know that Cuba is changing, but from what and into what? And what does this change mean for the Cuban people as well as for the rest of the world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding on both sides of the divide, twelve of our most celebrated writers investigate this period of momentous transition in \u003cem\u003eCuba on the Verge\u003c\/em\u003e. These essays span the spectrum, from Carlos Manuel  lvarez's story of being among the last generation of Cubans to be raised under Fidel Castro to Patricia Engel's look at how Cuba's capital has changed through her years of riding across it with her taxi driver friend; from \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e's Jon Lee Anderson (who traveled with President Obama on the first trip to Cuba by an American president since the twenties) on being a foreigner in Cuba during the Special Period to Francisco Goldman on the Tropicana, then and now, to Leonardo Padura on the religion that is Cuban baseball. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCuba on the Verge\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive account of--and a unique glimpse at--a moment of upheaval and reinvention whose effects promise to reverberate across years and nations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuerriero, Leila:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLeila Guerriero\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Argentine journalist and editor whose work has appeared in magazines and journals all over the world, including Argentina's \u003cem\u003eLa Nacion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e and Spain's \u003cem\u003eEl Pais\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the Latin American editor for \u003cem\u003eGatopardo\u003c\/em\u003e and has published a number of books, including \u003cem\u003eLos suicidios del fin del mundo\u003c\/em\u003e (The Suicides at the End of the World) and \u003cem\u003eA Simple Story: The Last Malambo\u003c\/em\u003e. Other contributors: Wendy Guerra; Leonardo Padura; Francisco Goldman; Jon Lee Anderson; Mauricio Vincent; Abraham Jimenez Enoa; Patricia Engel; Patricio Fernandez; Carlos Manuel Alvarez; Ivan de la Nuez; Vladimir Cruz; Ruben Gallo.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459913093394,"sku":"9780062661074","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad37a615-9248-4be0-b658-8e1f3cd084a5.jpg?v=1730014696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cuba-on-the-verge-12-writers-on-continuity-and-change-in-havana-and-across-the-country-9780062661074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}