Against all hope : a memoir of life in Castro's gulag / Armando Valladares ; translated by Andrew Hurley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valladares, Armando.

Contributor:

Hurley, Andrew.

Standardized Title:

Contra toda esperanza. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political prisoners--Cuba--Biography.

Political prisoners.

Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.

Cuba.

Valladares, Armando.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arrested in 1960 for being philosophically and religiously opposed to communism, Armando Valladares was interned at Cuba's infamous Isla de Pinos Prison (from whose barred windows he watched the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion). His life in Castro's gulag was a hell of violence and disease, putrid food and squalid living conditions, forced labor and solitary confinement, and hazardous escape attempts. Valladares survived by prayer and poetry. His writing, smuggled out to Europe and the U.S., made him one of the world's most celebrated prisoners of conscience. As a result of pressure f

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; 52; 53; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-88303-8

9786612883033

1-59403-385-4

OCLC:

651689521