‘Havana: Autobiography of a City’
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.10.07 | 11:02 AM ET
Thanks to its crumbling beauty, historical intrigue and off-limits status, Havana retains a mystique in the United States that few capital cities enjoy. Now it’s the subject of a new book, Havana: Autobiography of a City, by Alfred José Estrada. The author covers a wide range of topics related to the city, including former inhabitants Che Guevara and Ernest Hemingway.
“Obviously the Nobel Prize-winning novelist is…part of the story of Havana, as are cigars, mojitos, casinos, mulatas and salsa—symbols that play a large part in American perceptions of the island…” writes Fabiola Moura for Bloomberg News.
Publishers Weekly liked the book, noting: “Estrada is at his best chronicling Castro’s revolution, a story which for many Americans is a virtual unknown; Estrada’s retelling is brief, fair-minded and very well-written.”
Related on World Hum:
* Havana Homecoming
* Cashing in on Santeria Tourism in Cuba
* The Move to Open Travel to Cuba
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
