Skywriting: A Novel of Cuba
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- Synopsis
- During the summer of 1992, I was in the home of relatives in Cuba when suddenly, secretly, after a brief visit, two distant cousins "se tiraron al mar." They "threw themselves into the sea" on a makeshift raft, at a time when such flights to freedom were strictly prohibited. I waited, along with many other relatives, including the two balseros' parents and wives, for news of a safe arrival in Key West. In public, we had to pretend nothing had happened. In private, there was the recurrent agony of waiting for the daily Radio Martí broadcast listing the names of balseros who'd survived their ordeal at sea. I returned to the U.S., still waiting. Later, news finally arrived: My cousins had been arrested by a Cuban patrol boat before reaching international waters. During our excruciating vigil, the balseros were already prisoners at secret police headquarters in La Víbora, but as punishment for the entire family, no one had been informed. Instead, we were allowed to imagine the worst: sharks, storms, waves, the depths ...Skywriting is the flight my imagination took while waiting
- Copyright:
- 1995
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780553099874
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 02/23/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Margarita Engle
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.