{"product_id":"telex-from-cuba-9781416561040","title":"Telex from Cuba","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Rachel Kushner, called \"shimmering\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), \"multilayered and absorbing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"gorgeously written\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoung Everly Lederer and K.C. Stites come of age in Oriente Province, where the Americans tend their own fiefdom--three hundred thousand acres of United Fruit Company sugarcane that surround their gated enclave. If the rural tropics are a child's dreamworld, Everly and K.C. nevertheless have keen eyes for the indulgences and betrayals of the grown-ups around them--the mordant drinking and illicit loves, the race hierarchies and violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Havana, a thousand kilometers and a world away from the American colony, a cabaret dancer meets a French agitator named Christian de La Mazi re, whose seductive demeanor can't mask his shameful past. Together they become enmeshed in the brewing political underground. When Fidel and Ra l Castro lead a revolt from the mountains above the cane plantation, torching the sugar and kidnapping a boat full of yanqui revelers, K.C. and Everly begin to discover the brutality that keeps the colony humming. Though their parents remain blissfully untouched by the forces of history, the children hear the whispers of what is to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKushner's first novel is a tour de force, haunting and compelling, with the urgency of a telex from a forgotten time and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416561040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/23\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rachel Kushner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649863807132,"sku":"9781416561040","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a6675d8c-1fd0-43a3-8d59-3cda6882c87e.jpg?v=1603873901","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/telex-from-cuba-9781416561040","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}