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Author(s):	Mark Kurlansky

Date:	2017	Format:	EPUB	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	163286391X
Pages:	1	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadencea city that always surprisesHavana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky.

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings throughout, Havana celebrates the city's singular music, literature, baseball, and food  its five centuries of outstanding, neglected architecture  and its extraordinary blend of cultures.

Like all great cities, Havana has a rich history that informs the vibrant place it is todayfrom the native Taino to Columbus's landing, from Cuba's status as a U.S. protectorate to Batista's dictatorship and Castro's revolution, from Soviet presence to the welcoming of capitalist tourism. Havana is a place of extremes: a beautifully restored colonial city whose cobblestone streets pass through areas that have not been painted or repaired since long before the revolution.

Kurlansky shows Havana through the eyes of Cuban writers, such as Alejo Carpentier and Jos Mart, and foreigners, including Graham Greene and Hemingway. He introduces us to Cuban baseball and its highly opinionated fans  the city's music scene, alive with the rhythm of Son  its culinary legacy. Through Mark Kurlansky's multilayered and electrifying portrait, the long-elusive city of Havana comes stirringly to life.

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