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- The Memory of Silence/Memoria del silencio
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- 2014
- Published by: Cubanabooks
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A metaphor of a nation and its Diaspora, this bilingual edition of The Memory of Silence/Memoria del silencio transcends the Cuban reality and becomes a story of universal breadth, a triumph of love and family over distance and politics. In 1959, at the age of 18, the twin sisters Lauri and Menchu share a common past, but their lives abruptly take on seemingly irreconcilable differences as Lauri leaves with her groom for Miami and Menchu remains in Havana. The text, then, becomes a series of interpolated chronicles, as each alternating chapter recounts one sister's life and then the other until finally in the present, now reunited, the sisters must confront the pain of the past and as well as the promise of the future. The novel’s theme of reconciliation presents a refreshing message, and a timely one.
Table of Contents
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- CONTENTS / ÍNDICE
- pp. 5-8
- Dedication
- pp. 9-10
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 11-12
- Author's Note
- pp. 13-14
- Translator's Foreword
- pp. 15-24
- Memory of Silence
- Chapter 1: Reunion in Miami
- pp. 27-38
- Chapter 2: Cubans, Go Home!
- pp. 39-66
- Chapter 4: “I Wanna Hold Your Hand!”
- pp. 83-104
- Chapter 6: “If You’re Heading to El Cobre…”
- pp. 127-148
- Chapter 8: “…What Sorrow! What Suffering…!”
- pp. 173-190
- Chapter 9: “Out With the Scum!”
- pp. 191-210
- Chapter 10: “With a Sad and Heavy Heart”
- pp. 211-226
- Chapter 11: Then…Give Me Death!
- pp. 227-246
- Chapter 12: No More Farewells
- pp. 247-264
- Chapter 13: Together Again
- pp. 265-290
- Memoria del silencio
- Dedicatoria
- pp. 293-294
- Agradecimientos
- pp. 295-296
- Una nota de la autora
- pp. 297-298
- Capítulo 1: Reencuentro en Miami
- pp. 299-308
- Capítulo 2: Cubans, Go Home!
- pp. 309-334
- Capítulo 3: “¡Fí-del, Fí-del, Fí-del!”
- pp. 335-350
- Capítulo 4: “I Wanna Hold Your Hand!”
- pp. 351-372
- Capítulo 7: “Los diez millones van”
- pp. 413-434
- Capítulo 8: “Qué dolor, qué dolor, qué pena”
- pp. 435-450
- Capítulo 9: “¡Que se vaya la escoria!”
- pp. 451-468
- Capítulo 11: Preferimos la muerte
- pp. 485-502
- Capítulo 12: Prohibidos los adioses
- pp. 503-518
- Capítulo 13: Juntas de nuevo
- pp. 519-542
- Works Cited
- pp. 549-554
- Author's Biography
- pp. 555-556
- Translator's Biography
- p. 557
Additional Information
ISBN
9781944176044
Related ISBN(s)
9780982786048
MARC Record
OCLC
933516790
Pages
557
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No