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Spared Angola : memories from a Cuban-American childhood / by Virgil Suárez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suárez, Virgil, 1962-
- Series:
- Latino literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suárez, Virgil, 1962---Childhood and youth.
- Suárez, Virgil.
- Cuban Americans--Literary collections.
- Cuban Americans.
- Cuban Americans--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 p. ; 22 cm.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Spared Angola: Memories from a Cuban American Childhood is a powerful collection of autobiographical stories, essays and poems that details the makings of the novelist's conscience as a writer and human being, detailing the psychological pressure of male expectations, family gender battles, emigration and adjusting to a new culture.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contents
- Spared Angola
- Donatila's Unrequited Love Remedy
- Teresa La Pasamanos
- Sapos/Bullfrogs
- What Was Done to Turn Bulls into Oxen
- La Ceiba: Tree of Life
- The Dirt Eaters
- Tejedor y su grupo
- Manuel &
- Josefina
- Scenes From an Otherwise Normal Childhood
- Talo &
- the Coupe de Ville
- Cuca
- Luz &
- Balmaseda Street Corner Games
- Lazarito &
- the Habanero Chilis
- Ricardito
- Jicotea/Turtle
- Bitterness
- Uncle Isidoro
- Bay of Pigs Revisited
- Pin Pan Pun
- Leo
- Yiya &
- Gustavo
- Gutiérrez
- The End of the World according to Babio
- La Santa
- The Goat Incident
- Xagua Castle, Cienfuegos
- Izquierdo
- In Praise of Mentors or How I Became a Cuban-American Writer
- The Mystery of Closed Doors
- American Sidewalk
- No Nocturne for the Ravaged
- Flash Flesh
- Lucha Libre
- Milagros La Flaca
- 1965 Dodge Dart
- Just Talk
- Half Time
- Animalia
- After the Accident
- Tito the Barber (? - 1995)
- Mofongo
- Teeth
- The Ways of Guilt
- How My Days Go in Suburbia
- The Trouble with Frogs
- The Halves
- Brújula/Compass
- GLOSSARY.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5185-0320-9
- 1-5185-0223-7
- OCLC:
- 183268571
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