Achy Obejas
1) Ruins
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"Usnavy has always been a true believer. When the Cuban Revolution triumphed in 1959, he was just a young man and eagerly signed on for all of its promises. But as the years have passed, the sacrifices have outweighed the glories and he's become increasingly isolated in his revolutionary zeal. His friends openly mock him, his wife dreams of owning a car totally outside their reach, and his beloved fourteen-year-old daughter haunts the coast of Havana,...
2) Days of awe
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Ale San José, born in Havana and raised in Chicago, goes to Cuba as an interpreter and is astonished to discover that her family, "ostensibly Catholics, are actually Jews, 'conversos' who converted to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition."--Jacket.