{"product_id":"the-tribe-portraits-of-cuba-paperback","title":"The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlos Manuel Álvarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeeming with life and compulsively readable, the pieces gathered in \u003ci\u003eThe Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e aggregate into an extraordinary mosaic of Cuba today. Carlos Manuel Álvarez, one of the most exciting young writers in Latin America, employs the \u003ci\u003ecrónica\u003c\/i\u003e form--a genre unique to Latin American writing that blends reportage, narrative nonfiction, and novelistic techniques--to illuminate a particularly turbulent period in Cuban history, from the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the United States, to the death of Fidel Castro, to the convulsions of the San Isidro Movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnique, edgy, and stylishly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Tribe \u003c\/i\u003eshows a society in flux, featuring athletes in exile, artists, nurses, underground musicians and household names, dissident poets, the hidden underclass at a landfill, migrants attempting to make their way across Central America, fugitives escaping the FBI, and dealers in the black market, as well as revelers and policemen in the noisy Havana night. It is a major work of reportage by one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos Manuel Álvarez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fallen. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been included in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists as well as Bogotá39's best Latin American writers under forty. He divides his time between Havana and Mexico City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e has translated works by authors including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, and Virginie Despentes. His work has earned many awards, including the IMPAC Prize, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and the Premio Valle Inclán. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRahul Bery\u003c\/b\u003e translates works from Spanish and Portuguese. His full-length translations include \u003ci\u003eKokoschka's Doll\u003c\/i\u003e by Afonso Cruz and \u003ci\u003eRolling Fields\u003c\/i\u003e by David Trueba.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.19 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766857236768,"sku":"9781644450901","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ce128cc6d33d27d8b0958d90659a88e5.webp?v=1780300096","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-tribe-portraits-of-cuba-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}