Forbidden fruit, and other stories /
La Rosa, Pablo,
Forbidden fruit, and other stories / Pablo La Rosa. - 1 online resource.
"In masterful tales of coming of age and becoming marginalized during the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath, Pablo La Rosa nostalgically looks back at a childhood spent by the seaside and creates a mosaic of poignant experiences seen through the glaring lenses of race and exile. Neither the advantages of race or education, however, can exempt the disoriented protagonists from their perceived loss of homeland, integrity, identity. In the masterful "El Marielito," he captures the bewilderment of a black man, marginalized by his race and circumstances in pre and post revolutionary Cuba and during his exile in the United States. Equally on the margin in spite of the advantages of education and race, a Cuban college student can relate only to a Russian janitor; though they share no common language they wordlessly share a longing for their lost homelands."
9781518501692 1518501699 9781518502668 1518502660
Exiles' writings, Cuban.
Cubans--United States--Fiction.
Exiles--United States--Fiction.
Manners and customs--Fiction.
United States--Race relations--Fiction.
Short stories.
Electronic books.
PS3562.A7273 ebook
813.54
Forbidden fruit, and other stories / Pablo La Rosa. - 1 online resource.
"In masterful tales of coming of age and becoming marginalized during the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath, Pablo La Rosa nostalgically looks back at a childhood spent by the seaside and creates a mosaic of poignant experiences seen through the glaring lenses of race and exile. Neither the advantages of race or education, however, can exempt the disoriented protagonists from their perceived loss of homeland, integrity, identity. In the masterful "El Marielito," he captures the bewilderment of a black man, marginalized by his race and circumstances in pre and post revolutionary Cuba and during his exile in the United States. Equally on the margin in spite of the advantages of education and race, a Cuban college student can relate only to a Russian janitor; though they share no common language they wordlessly share a longing for their lost homelands."
9781518501692 1518501699 9781518502668 1518502660
Exiles' writings, Cuban.
Cubans--United States--Fiction.
Exiles--United States--Fiction.
Manners and customs--Fiction.
United States--Race relations--Fiction.
Short stories.
Electronic books.
PS3562.A7273 ebook
813.54
