| Description |
xiv, 367 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
In his first work of nonfiction, the author writes about the people and places that inspired his previous novels. Born in Manhattan's Morningside Heights to Cuban immigrants in 1951, his story played out against the backdrop of an often prejudiced working class neighborhood. During a sojourn in pre Castro Cuba with his mother, he catches a disease that sends him into a Dickensian home for terminally ill children. The yearlong stay estranges him from the very language and people he had so loved. With a cast of characters whose stories are both funny and tragic, this work follows the author's subsequent quest for his true identity into adulthood, through college and beyond. |
| Contents |
When I was still Cuban -- A few notes on my past -- Some moments of freedom -- Childhood ends -- Getting by -- My two selves -- My life on Madison Avenue -- Our house in the last world -- Roma -- Another book. |
| Subject |
Hijuelos, Oscar.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781592406296 hardcover $27.50 |
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1592406297 hardcover |
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