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When the Pope visits Havana, Diosmediante Malaspina, a gay lawyer and fervent Catholic known as "El Niäno de Luto," believes that the Pope will end the Castro regine, while the Pontiff's cook, Angelo Ferri, remains in Cuba to open a restaurant.
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About the Author
J.J. Armas Marcelo (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 1946) won the 1998 Premio Internacional Plaza & Janés for his novel "Los de sí mismos".
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Armas Marcelo, who first fictionalized "the ruinous sanctuary of Havana" in Asi en el Cielo como en la Habana (In Heaven as It Is in Havana, Alfaguara, 1998), returns to the city where "nothing is what it seems" in his latest novel. The unsolved murder of an aging gay man, Diosmediante Malaspina, and Castro's cynical manipulation of the pope's historic visit to Cuba provide a plot that is secondary to a relentless diatribe against "the strong man" and Cuba's new oligarchs. Angelo Ferri, the pope's cook, who opens a restaurant in Havana, and Diosmediante ("sorrow's child") are victimized when they fail to recognize their powerlessness in a country where the promise of change remains hopelessly unfulfilled. The novel's main characters, members of the social elite, seek refuge from the regime by listening to Schubert and Maria Callas. Diosmediante remains faithful to Catholicism in spite of "his problem": the anonymous narrator refuses to address the issue of sexuality except through euphemisms. Neither Diosmediante's religious fervor nor Ferri's initial optimism save them from the deteriorating Revolution. Spaniard Armas Marcelo evinces an intimate knowledge of Havana's social geography. However, while exiled Cubans such as Guillermo Cabrera Infante write about the city with affectionate nostalgia, Armas Marcelo looks cruelly on Havana, leading the reader to wonder whether Cuba's reality has eluded him as well. Recommended for public and academic libraries and bookstores in Cuban markets. Joseph Delgado-Figueroa, Columbia, SC
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- PublisherAlfaguara
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 8420442607
- ISBN 13 9788420442600
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageSpanish
- Number of pages342
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