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Havana Real
Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today | Yoani S�nchez
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Yoani Sanchez is an unusual dissident. She produces an intelligent diary about what it really means to live under the Castro regime in Cuba today: the difficulty of shopping and chronic hunger, the art of repairing ancient appliances, (…more)
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This book consists of blog posts written between 2007 and 2010 from Sánchez' blog "Generacion Y". There is the Soviet elevator in her apartment building, which always gives troubles, the black market and the sometimes strange kinds of lessons her son has to take part in school. The book is an insightful read, but the style of blogposts can get a bit tyring and sometimes all the bits and pieces seem a bit disjointed.

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