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Álvarez, Carlos Manuel, 1989-
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Families -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Cuba -- Fiction.
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Álvarez, Carlos Manuel, 1989-
Families -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Cuba -- Fiction.
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The fallen : a novel /
Carlos
Manuel
Álvarez
; translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne.
by
Álvarez
,
Carlos
Manuel
,
1989-
Graywolf Press, 2020.
Call #:
FICTION ALV
Subjects
Families -- Cuba -- Fiction.
Cuba -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781644450253 (trade pbk)
Uniform title:
Caídos
.
English
Description:
143 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in 2018 as "Los
Caídos
" by Sexto Piso, Mexico.
Translated from the Spanish.
Summary:
"A vibrant and meticulously constructed debut novel about familial and cultural breakdown. A powerful, unsettling portrait of family life in Cuba,
Carlos
Manuel
Álvarez
's first novel is a masterful portrayal of a society in free fall. Diego, the son, is disillusioned and bitter about the limited freedoms his country offers him as he endures compulsory military service. Mariana, the mother, is unwell, prone to mysterious seizures, and forced to relinquish control over the household to her daughter, Maria, who has left school and is working as a chambermaid in a state-owned tourist hotel. The father, Armando, is a committed revolutionary, a die-hard Fidelista who is sickened by the corruption he perceives all around him. As each member of the family narrates seemingly quotidian and overlapping events, they grow increasingly at odds for reasons that remain elusive to them--each of them holding and concealing their own secrets.In meticulously charting the disintegration of a single family, The Fallen offers a poignant reflection on contemporary Cuba and the clash of the ardent idealism of the old guard with the jaded pragmatism of the young. This is a startling and incisive debut by a radiant new voice in Latin American literature."--Publisher.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Political fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Spanish fiction -- Translations into
English
.
First novel.
Other authors:
Wynne, Frank.
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