Descripción:
This sympathetic, street-level pilgrimage through a revolutionary society in transition is the story of a passionate, struggling, sometimes discouraged but always proud country, told by citizens whose confidence in their revolution is both enduring and conflicted.

Ripley’s narrative recounts his six trips to Cuba between 1991 and 1999. Newly updated with an epilogue that details his seventh and most recent trip to Cuba in July 2000, this edition shows, through Ripley’s firsthand experiences, observations, and conversations with workaday Cubans, how he strives to understand and reveal Cuba, its revolution, and his attachment to both.


CONTENTS:

Forword by Bob Shacochis......xi

Acknowledgements......xvii

Batista’s Vase......xix

REVOLUTION AND TOURISM May 1991

Gettin’ Inside......3
Necessary Rules......19
Playa Giron......35
Casa Grande Hotel......46
Benedictions......59

THE SPECIAL PERIOD July 1992

Resolviendo......69
26th of July......90

FOOD AND DOLLARS December 1995

Dollars......107
Paulo and Neddie......121

FORMS AND TRADITIONS September 1995

Fathers and Sons......137
Things Held in Common......149
Seeking Santiago......156
Known in Santiago......164
Following Fidel......173
In Search of Saints......183

GOLD AND SCANDALS May 1997

Havana Gold......195
A Good Life......203
Acts of Public Scandal......219
Neddie and Luisa......228
Epilogue: July 1999......235
Second Epilogue: Luly 2000......244