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Ti Noël witnesses violence and changing rulers in Haiti during the revolution and the reign of Henri Christophe.
Original title: El reino de este mundo
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Translated by Pablo Medina
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The Cuban writer’s memoir recounts repression, sexuality, imprisonment and exile.
Original title: Antes que anochezca
Havana nightlife returns in an experimental novel of voices, music and wordplay.
Original title: Tres tristes tigres
José Cemí comes of age in Cuba, exploring love, his dead father’s memory and the possibilities of language.
A Cuban writer’s life becomes entangled with the histories of Trotsky and his assassin Ramón Mercader.
Original title: El hombre que amaba a los perros
A family divided between Cuba and the United States confronts the consequences of the revolution.
Mario Conde’s murder investigation exposes prejudice and Havana’s hidden lives.
Conde investigates a Cuban exile’s murder as a hurricane approaches the city.
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