Synopses & Reviews
Contemporary Fiction by Cuban Women
Foreword by Ruth Behar
This U.S. version of a groundbreaking 1996 Cuban anthology unites sixteen stories into an impressive collection that reveals the exciting strength and variety of fiction by contemporary Cuban women.
"Reading these Cuban women writers . . . we too feel esa esencia Cubana that can't be translated into English or Spanish but is a place in the imagination we reach in the work of the best storytellers." —Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Synopsis
Contemporary Fiction by Cuban Women
Foreword by Ruth Behar
This U.S. version of a groundbreaking 1996 Cuban anthology unites sixteen stories into an impressive collection that reveals the exciting strength and variety of fiction by contemporary Cuban women.
"Reading these Cuban women writers . . . we too feel esa esencia Cubana that can't be translated into English or Spanish but is a place in the imagination we reach in the work of the best storytellers."
—Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
About the Author
Cindy Schuster is a poet and translator. She teaches at Tufts University and at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Table of Contents
Women's voices from the Great Blue River / Mirta Yâaänez -- Somebody has to cry / Marilyn Bobes -- Japanese daisies / Marâia Elena Llana -- Internal monologue on a corner in Havana / Josefina de Diego -- A tooth for a tooth / Nancy Alonso -- Anhedonia : a story for two women / Mylene Fernâandez Pintado -- The scent of limes / Aida Bahr -- My aunt / Esther Dâiaz Llanillo -- Disremembering a smell / Ana Luz Garcâia Calzada -- Catalina in the afternoons / Magaly Sâanchez -- Potosâi II : address unknown / Rosa Ileana Boudet -- A whiff of wild desire / Sonia Rivera-Valdâes -- Dust to dust / Mirta Yâaänez -- I just can't take it / Uva de Aragâon -- The Egyptians / Adelaida Fernâandez de Juan -- We came all the way from Cuba so you could dress like this? / Achy Obejas -- The urn and the name (a lighthearted tale) / Ena Lucâia Portela.