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Patria nació el año en que la Revolución triunfó en Cuba, y representa la generación de los que crecieron en un sistema que debía desterrar la injusticia. Pero el paraíso prometido se torna un infierno y Patria se sumerge en la escritura para mantener el fuego de la existencia.

Patria, nata nell'anno primo della Rivoluzione castrista, viene "dall'isola che aveva voluto costruire il paradiso": il grande sogno si mescola alle urgenze del presente, alle difficoltà materiali, agli amori, alla rabbia e all'apatia, in un romanzo di cruda satira e vera passione.

Meet Yocandra. She is a woman with an identity crisis. Born Patria, at sixteen she develops a rebellious streak and marries an author turned philosopher who takes her away from her beloved Cuba for some time. She is a wild child, fiery and passionate, just like her homeland. I don't know how to explain the rest of this short novel. Yocandra's second marriage ends in death & so at an early age she is a widow. That doesn't slow her down in the least. She has two lovers, the Nihilist and the Traitor. At best, Yocandra is a handful, and all one can hope to do is just try to keep up with her. ( )

A short but compelling read about life in Cuba. ( )