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Book

Goodbye, my Havana : the life and times of a gringa in revolutionary Cuba

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 V445 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Stanford, California : Redwood Press, [2019]

Physical Description

227 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

"A compelling graphic novel-memoir of the author's decade or so experiences as a gringa teenager brought to Cuba by parents supportive of the revolution and ultimately forced to flee during the political crackdowns that consolidated Castro's power and that, for lesbians and homosexuals, were harrowing in a particular kind of way"--

Contents

  • Havana Bay
  • The University of Havana
  • The Sierra Maestra
  • "Morgan!" & the Malecón
  • The revolutionary offensive
  • A family visit
  • The last ship

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