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Author:

Codrescu, Andrei, 1946-

Title:

Ay, Cuba! : a socio-erotic journey / Andrei Codrescu ; photographs by David Graham.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

206 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cuba--Description and travel.
Cuba--Social life and customs--1959-
Codrescu, Andrei,--1946---Travel--Cuba.

Other Authors:

Graham, David, 1952-

Notes:

"Parts of this book ... were first broadcast on National Public Radio's All things considered in Jan. 1998. Other portions appeared in ... Life magazine, Aug. 1998, and in The New York Times Sunday magazine, Feb. 1, 1998"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-206).

Contents:

Day twelve: "Ravens for the forklift." "Why are you going to Cuba?" -- In transit -- In the air -- Havana -- Day one: "Underage fusion brought me this far" -- Day two: "Twitch: so little or too long, amigo" -- Day three: "This corpse is called La Lucha" -- Day four: "I was in arrears to my bad persona" -- Day five: "The proletariat was thoroughly eroticized" -- Day six -- Day seven: "Almost Persian at 15,000 meters" -- Day eight: "Today Castro declared Christmas legal" -- Day nine: A day without a corpse -- Day ten: "The dictatorship of the proletariat has collapsed" -- Day eleven: Pilgrimage and penance -- Day twelve: "Ravens for the forklift."

ISBN:

9780312198312
0312198310

LCCN:

98040545

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)