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Frias, Carlos

 
9781416559528: Take Me with You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba
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ISBN 10 : 1416559523 ISBN 13 : 9781416559528
Editeur : Atria, 2009

Synopsis

Carlos Frías, an award-winning journalist and the American-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing about his parents' homeland only in parables. Their Cuba, the one they left behind four decades ago, was ethereal. It existed, for him, only in their anecdotes, and in the family that remained in Cuba -- merely ghosts on the other end of a telephone.

Until Fidel Castro fell ill.

Sent to Cuba by his newspaper as the country began closing to foreign journalists in August 2006, Frías begins the secret journey of a lifetime -- twelve days in the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, spectacular, and unforgettable memoir.

Take Me With You is written through the unique eyes of a first-generation Cuban-American seeing the forbidden country of his ancestry for the first time. Take Me With You provides a fresh view of Cuba, devoid of overt political commentary, focusing instead on the gritty, tangible lives of the people living in Castro's Cuba. Frías takes in the island nation of today and attempts to reconstruct what the past was like for his parents, retracing their footsteps, searching for his roots, and discovering his history. The book creates lasting and unexpected ripples within his family on both sides of the Florida Straits -- and on the author himself.

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À propos de l'auteur

Carlos Frías has been an award-winning journalist for over twenty-five years and the author of the memoir Take Me With You. Today he is the host of South Florida's life and culture show, Sundial, on South Florida's NPR affiliate, WLRN. He currently lives in Miami, Florida.

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Éditeur
Atria
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1416559523
ISBN 13 
9781416559528
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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