The Tower of the Antilles

✍ Scribed by Obejas, Achy

• Book ID: 109428625
• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

"For twenty years I've been a fan of the genius Achy Obejas--since I first read Memory Mambo in 1996. Obejas has been the model of a writer for me in every way--a master in her aesthetics, an inspiration in her politics, fearless and vital in every page. The Tower of the Antilles is another brilliant collection, a story of many Cubas, intensely personal and political, erotic and cerebral. I found myself holding my breath as I devoured this book, as I navigated the various avenues of the body, the blood, and all those seemingly impossible roads that lead to a place we try to call home."
--Porochista Khakpour , author of The Last Illusion
"These stories are like a long dream of many parts, mixed desire, love, longing, anger--Obejas is a master of the human, able to conjure her characters' heartbeats right under your fingertips, their breaths in your ears."
--Alexander Chee , author of **_The Queen of the...