Spirits of the revolution

SPIRITS OF THE REVOLUTION is the story of Alejandro Palante, a Cuban-American in his mid-twenties who's facing questions of heritage, ethnicity, & nationality. The story starts unwittingly from the moment he's yanked out of Cuba as a child & it soon becomes his passion to return to his homeland. Leaving Cuba becomes the most important event in his life. From that moment on he must balance two cultures, two languages, two identities. Everything in his life always go back to that child being plucked from his native land. And this "plucking" has all the more impact because of the potency of early memories, all of them romanticizing Cuba into a myth. But his first trip back takes a sinister turn when a cousin says to him, "I have seen your father." If Alejandro should be delighted by this news, his father has been dead for years. He is so frightened by this remark, & he has such a terrible time, it seems he has wasted his life on a worthless dream. But when this same cousin writes him a series of letters urging him to return, begging for the chance to prove himself, Alejandro cannot resist. On this second trip to Cuba, he will discover the mystery of those words. To order contact: Colonnade Books, 812 Masselin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Phone/FAX: 213-931-1962. Website: www.colonnadebooks.com.… (more)