The Cubans读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 368页 | 2020 | Viking |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-01 … | 2023-01-19 … | 35 |
A revelatory account of life in one of the most restrictive, isolated and misunderstood places in the world.
Famed for its equality and good health, sunshine and beauty, many celebrate Cuba, one of the world’s five remaining Communist countries, for bravely holding out against the rampant capitalism of the West. But after six decades of socialist state control, the Cubans themselves now tell a different story.
Still the government decides what work you can do and where you live. Food is rationed, milk and eggs are often scarce and basic medicines unavailable. Buildings collapse and rubbish goes uncollected. Millions break the law every day to run small businesses or simply to get by. In the desperate 1990s, after Soviet support for Cuba’s economy disappeared, people resorted to making steaks from grapefruit rinds and hair dye from old batteries. Those who attempt to cross the ninety miles of ocean to Florida have at times been imprisoned, tortured and even killed. And yet even after the death of Fidel Castro in 2016, with no free press to report such crimes or galvanise opposition, the regime shows few signs of loosening its grip.
In this pioneering work of life-writing and reportage, Anthony DePalma reconstructs the interwoven stories of five ordinary citizens and their families – some whose loyalty to the system led to great personal reward but ultimately disillusionment, others turned against it by tragedy – to lay their complex reality bare. Through their extraordinary journeys, from Castro’s heyday, through the devastation of post-Soviet collapse, to the false dawn and retrenchment of recent years, we see how the revolution that once inspired its people has tested their faith, and we witness the daily acts of heroism and the endlessly adaptive resilience of a people determined to survive.
作者简介作者簡介
安東尼．迪帕瑪Anthony DePalma
曾任《紐約時報》駐外記者二十二年，主要關注拉丁美洲，尤其是古巴和墨西哥，報導足跡也遍及阿爾巴尼亞、巴爾幹半島的蒙特內哥羅、蓋亞那、蘇利南等地。著作包括《此地：新美洲大陸傳》（Here: A Biography of the New American Continent）、《發明卡斯楚的人》（The Man Who Invented Fidel）、《落塵籠罩的城市：病態、狂妄與9/11》（City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11），後者由CNN改編拍攝成紀錄片。除寫書外，迪帕瑪持續為報章雜誌撰寫專文，並於哥倫比亞大學新聞學院兼職任教。
譯者簡介
楊岑雯
專職譯者，政治大學新聞學系畢業，現居台南。譯有《蝗蟲效應》、《普丁的國家》、《製造俄羅斯》、《聖彼得堡...
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