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Cuba: A History | Hugh Thomas

Join #FoodandLit in April as we visit Cuba 🇨🇺

Texreader, Butterfinger, LitsyEvents

ravenlee May I suggest this book? It takes place in Florida, but has some great context about Cubano food and culture.

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (A Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 1)

Texreader @ravenlee Awesome!! Thanks for the recommendation! I‘ll check it out 3y

Megabooks I enjoyed this last year

Of Women and Salt

Catsandbooks @ravenlee @Megabooks thanks for the recommendations 3y

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JenP

Cuba: A History | Hugh Thomas

September is Cuba! Pack your bags and pick a book to transport you to Cuba! Throughout the month post your books, quotes, art and/or travel photos, food, or any other Cuban relevant posts. Tag me and #ReadAroundTheWorld

Make your recommendations and tell us what you plan to read in the comments. My recommendations are below!

JenP So many read options! I recommend for those who like playful literary fiction. Lots of wordplay, puns, satire, etc. best in Spanish if you can read Spanish but the English translation is good too.

Three Trapped Tigers

JenP http://www.lahabana.com/content/the-30-best-works-of-cuban-literature/ 8y

JenP http://lithub.com/contemporary-cuban-lit-a-reading-list/ 8y

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JenP https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/artsbeat/2014/12/18/cuba-a-reading-list/?refere... 8y

JenP Last one: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2009/mar/04/best-cuban-no... 8y

batsy @JenP Thank you for the links! I was going to try Three Trapped Tigers but was a wee bit intimidated about the "Cuban Ulysses" ? So I thought of going with these 500 pages instead ?

Cecilia Valdes: Or El Angel Hill

JenP @batsy yeah, I think it's like Ulysses in scope (the way it captures the essence of a place and its people) but much more readable. I read Ulysses and while I appreciated it, I did NOT enjoy reading most of it 😂 (edited) 8y

vivastory @batsy Three Trapped Tigers is worth reading eventually. I haven't read Ulysses yet, but TTT is very playful. 8y

vivastory @JenP I'm looking forward to your posts. There were a few years when I read a ton of Latin American authors, several of my favorites we're Cuban. Books by G.C. Infante, Reinaldo Arenas, Virgilio Pinera & Jose Lezama Lima have stayed with me ever since. 8y

JenP @vivastory thank you and thanks for the helpful author recommendations. I love Latin American literature so I'm very excited about this month! 8y

Simona I will read Havana Noir, edited by Achy Obejas, or her collection of short stories

Tower of the Antilles

rockpools @Simona Snap! I picked up her short-story collection. But I'm sure I'll want to read everyone else's books as well 😀! 8y

batsy @vivastory That's good to know, I am very intrigued and hope to get to it at some point. Ulysses is also very playful in parts, but as @JenP said it's not totally readable and some parts are designed to annoy or bore the reader! 8y

Simona @RachelO I'm always sure about my pick ... until I see other people's choices ☺️ 8y

Currey I have Alejandro Carpentier's Explosion in a Cathedral and will start there but hope to read one other in translation @jenp 8y

JenP @Currey I'm debating that one too. 8y

mhillis This one is on kindle daily deals

Waiting For Snow In Havana

Hooked_on_books I'm really glad you created this challenge--it's bringing me to interesting books I would not have found otherwise! (Even though I keep finishing them late.) For Cuba, I'll be reading

Dear First Love: A Novel

JenP @Hooked_on_books I'm really glad to hear that! I've also discovered some great ones with help from all of you 8y

Natasha.C.Barnes I just finished The Mortifications! SO GOOD.

The Mortifications: A Novel

Natasha.C.Barnes Now that I've unwittingly joined this challenge for September I'll have to continue in the future! 😀 8y

JenP @Natasha.C.Barnes excellent! 😂it's lots of fun! 8y

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Rachel.Rencher

Cuba: A History | Hugh Thomas

Hey littens,

I'm doing a small research project on Cuba. Does anyone have any recommendations for books either fiction or non fiction?

Thank you! 🤓

EvieBee

Dreaming in Cuban

Purpleness I read That Infernal Little Cuban Republic probably almost a decade ago. It covered Cuban-American relations up to I think the 90s?

That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution

kendrastephaniekaryn I liked this one!

Havana: A Subtropical Delirium

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BarbaraBB I am thinking of

The old man and the sea

BarbaraBB And also

Enduring Cuba

Susanita

Cuba: from Columbus to Castro

alanacristin This graphic novel memoir is an interesting look at the revolution

Cuba: My Revolution

alanacristin ^And disturbing, i should add 8y

Lucas.Rencher I can't wait to lean more about Cuba 😙 8y

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Debiw781

Cuba: A History | Hugh Thomas

Well my first thought for#drive was Jason Statham but I already posted the screenshot where he was mentioned in a book. Then it was Fast & Furious, and the latest one was partially filmed in Cuba so here is a pic from Cuba.
#90sinjuly
@Robothugs
@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Great photo 😍looks like a movie set!!!! And I like your thought process 😌 8y

Debiw781 @Cinfhen My thought process confuses my coworkers sometimes 😂😂And yes, a lot of Cuba seemed almost unreal 8y

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Debiw781

Cuba: A History | Hugh Thomas

#library in Cuba. Perfect for #sizzlinsummerbooks

@Tiffy_Reads

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Debiw781

Cuba: A History | Hugh Thomas

Back home from #cruising. I had a great time visiting Cuba and made a lot of progress with #gonewiththeclown #lengthylit

@Tiffy_Reads

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CallMeMax

Deutsche Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts | Golo Mann

"Die Deutschen gelten als das philosophische, spekulative Volk, dann wieder als das praktische, materialistische, als das geduldigste, friedlichste, und wieder als das herrschsüchtigste, brutalste."
-Golo Mann

Besser kann man deutsche Geschichte nicht beschreiben.

CallMeMax

Deutsche Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts | Golo Mann

My next two reads will be German again, so please bear with me. After that I'll go back to English. ^^
Really excited for the Mann book. I was surprised that I loved Klaus Mann that much, so I hope Golo won't disappoint me. Though it's a completely different thing, of course, since Golo Mann was a historian and his book contains just that.
I'm really looking forward to Heine. He's my favourite author. I'm not agreeing with his nationalism though.

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Cinfhen

The Looming Tower | Lawrence Wright

#Augustphotochallenge #day11 #historyandpolitics I'm slightly obsessed with this genre, especially Middle East Politics. The events of September 11 forever changed the world. The more I read, the more I learn, the more my heart breaks over the inane hatred💔

TheSpinecrackersBookClub

TheSpinecrackersBookClub Your photo is absolutely amazing! 9y

Cinfhen Can't take credit for it 😞 Found it online, it captures so much 9y

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