CUBANA: Contemporary Fiction by Cuban Women

by Mirta--Ed. "Y‡„ez ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 29, 1998

A collection of recent and contemporary stories whose editor (she's also a contributor) labels them imaginative and daring (and often clinically frank) rebuttals to the Castro regime's indifferent oppression of women. The stories are in fact sufficiently varied, though several deal pretty conventionally with issues of wife and motherhood (Josefina del Diego's ""Internal Monologue on a Comer in Havana,"" Uva de Aragon's ""I Just Can't Take It""). Abrasive eroticism livens up such unusual tales as Rosa Ileana Boudet's ""Potosi 11: Address Unknown"" and Magaly S‡nchez's steamy and funny ""Catalina in the Afternoons."" The best piece is Achy Obejas's complex study of immigrant alienation and disorientation, (the wonderfully titled) ""We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?"" A good anthology, capably edited, with informative and lively prefatory notes to each of its 16 stories.

Pub Date: May 29, 1998

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 240

Publisher: Beacon

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1998

Categories: FICTION