Nieve en la Habana. Confesiones de un cubanito

(Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy) Eire, Carlos. tr. by José Lucas Badué & José Manuel Prieto. U.S: Vintage Español: Random House. 508p. ISBN 978-1-4000-7970-4. pap. $15. MEMOIR In this beautifully fashioned memoir, [Yale historian Eire] recounts one of many wonderfully vibrant stories from his boyhood in 1950s Havana. As imaginatively wrought as the finest piece of fiction, the book abounds with magical interpretations of ordinary boyhood events. Eire looks beyond the literal to see the mythological themes inherent in the epic struggle for identity that each of our lives represents. The final cataclysm comes when Eire and his brother, still young boys, are shipped off to the United States to seek safety and a better life. As painful as Eire’s journey has been, his ability to see tragedy and suffering as a constant source of redemption is what makes this book so powerful