El Ano Que Viene Estamos En Cuba (Spanish And English Edition)

El Ano Que Viene Estamos En Cuba (Spanish and English Edition)

From the Back CoverUna jornada de treinta anos en busca de un hogar y una identidad culminan en la vibrante cronica de Gustavo Perez-Firmat "El ano que viene estamos en Cuba". Atrapado entra la cultura de la Pequena Habana y la del panorama norteamericano, el joven Perez Firmat se balancea a horeajadas entre mundos, tratando de reconciliar sus raices cubanas con las tradiciones de su hogar adoptivo. Su busqueda durante tres decadas lo llevan de un acto precario de balaceo entre dos culturas, dos lenguas, dos naciones, a una "fusion de persona y lugar", una aceptacion de su dualidad y sus implicaciones.Exilado en los Estados Unidos a la edad de once anos, Perez Firmat y su familia huyen del regimen comunista con la absoluta creencia de que Castro seria prontamente derrocado. Solo pasarian unas semanas y su mundo volveria a la normalidad y la calma. Aun cuando las semanas se fueron convertiendo en meses, y los meses en anos, sus esperanzas nunca menguaron. Al pasar los anos, las familias de la Pequena Habana se reunian para despedir el ano con un brindis: "El ano que viene estamos en Cuba".A thirty-year journey spent in search of a home and an identity culminates in Gustavo Perez Firmat's compelling chronicle.From Library JournalIn this fascinating account of a 30-year search for a homeland and a new national identity, Perez Firmat is caught between two cultures?the United States and his motherland, Cuba?as he struggles to come to terms with a new life. Exiled from their native land to the United States when the author was just 11, his family hoped for only a short stay until Castro's regime was overthrown. But time went by and every new year brought the same expectations. Very engrossing and full of insights into the Cuban exile community.?Jose M. FornesCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.Review"A serious work of literature---as well as a ripping good book...[Perez Firmat] offers us an eloquent, amusing, often moving testament of a long moment in the troubled history of two countries.""A fascinating account of a 30-year search for a homeland and a new national identity. Very engrossing and full of insight into the Cuban exile community.""A serious work of literature--as well as a ripping good book ... [Perez Firmat] offers us an eloquent, amusing, often moving testament of a long moment in the troubled history of two countries."