A portrait of the glamorous and energetic world of Havana, Cuba, during the 1920s and 1930s centers around the popular nightspot, the Alhambra Theater, and Rachel, the dazzling star of a troupe of rum
This biography of a runaway slave is arguably the best-known book to have been written and published in revolutionary Cuba. It is the testimonial narrative of Esteban Montejo, a former slave, runaway,
Fiftieth Anniversary EditionTranslated from the Spanish by W. Nick HillIntroduction by William LuisOriginally published in 1966, Miguel Barnet’s Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written histo