Tales from the Cuban Empire

by Antonio José Ponte

In the manner of fabled storytellers, Ponte creates a vivid picture of contemporary Cuba--its real and imagined place in the world--through stories told by a foreign exchange physics student, urban planners who discover an underground metropolis in their own neighborhood, a traveler stranded in an airport restroom, a suspicious stranger listening to stories spun in a barbershop and a Chinese butcher in love with a beautiful daughter of Ochun. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872864073
• ISBN13: 9780872864078
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.4"