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Travelers' Tales of Old Cuba
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ISBN13：9780980429213
出版社：Ocean Pr
作者：John Jenkins (EDT)
出版日：2010/06/01
裝訂：平裝
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作者簡介
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Few places are as fascinating as Cuba, which has drawn travelers ever since it was "discovered" by Columbus in 1492. Magnificently evoking the romance and drama as well as darker episodes of slavery and tyranny, this selection of journal entries, essays and guidebook commentaries begins in the days when Havana sheltered Caribbean pirate treasure ships and was the gateway to the Spanish empire in the New World.
Later chapters reflect the "American era" when the island was transformed into a glittering tourist and gambler's paradise operated by the Mafia.
Good travelers' stories should not only inform the reader but also fire the imagination. These tales are full of the flavor and manners of bygone era, reflecting the various impressions of visitors to one of the most alluring islands on earth.
"Creating both a literary project and an historical mini-course on the early nineteenth to middle twentieth century, the editor has gathered writings mostly by Americans in Cuba who tended to have a complex `love/hate relationship' with the place...In the end, most reveal their fondness for Cuba..."---Foreword magazine
Later chapters reflect the "American era" when the island was transformed into a glittering tourist and gambler's paradise operated by the Mafia.
Good travelers' stories should not only inform the reader but also fire the imagination. These tales are full of the flavor and manners of bygone era, reflecting the various impressions of visitors to one of the most alluring islands on earth.
"Creating both a literary project and an historical mini-course on the early nineteenth to middle twentieth century, the editor has gathered writings mostly by Americans in Cuba who tended to have a complex `love/hate relationship' with the place...In the end, most reveal their fondness for Cuba..."---Foreword magazine
作者簡介
John Jenkins is an award-winning Australian poet and travel writer. He has published several books of poetry, two books on contemporary music, a libretto and several radio plays. In 2004, he won the prestigious international James Joyce Foundation Suspended Sentence Award, which took him to Dublin to teach at the Irish Writers' Center.
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