For 50 years the bridge between the United States & Cuba has been all but closed; for 5 years, this writer had a chance to cross that bridge, from New York to Havana, & live & work in Cuba, between 2012 & 2016, during what turned out to be a time of many unexpected changes. Part memoir, part travelogue, part polemic, & part history, this book provides a discussion of the relationship between these two countries like no other, with grace, humor, thorough attention to sensual & historical detail, & with what can only be described as love—via this long love letter, from the island of Manhattan to the island of Cuba, continuing their permanent conversation, no matter what tries to get in their way.
For 50 years the bridge between the United States & Cuba has been all but closed; for 5 years, this writer had a chance to cross that bridge, from New York to Havana, & live & work in Cuba, between 2012 & 2016, during what turned out to be a time of many unexpected changes. Part memoir, part travelogue, part polemic, & part history, this book provides a discussion of the relationship between these two countries like no other, with grace, humor, thorough attention to sensual & historical detail, & with what can only be described as love—via this long love letter, from the island of Manhattan to the island of Cuba, continuing their permanent conversation, no matter what tries to get in their way.