{"product_id":"the-memory-of-silence-9781613701201","title":"The Memory of Silence","description":"This novel narrates the lives of two sisters separated by the Cuban Revolution. In 1959, the twins Lauri and Menchu take different and seemingly irreconcilable paths, when Lauri leaves for Miami with her husband and Menchu remains in Havana. During the next forty years, their everyday lives are very different but unknowingly they share the same milestones, attitudes, values and secrets. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etranscends the Cuban reality and becomes a story of universal scope, a triumph of love and family over political and geographical distances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Its greatest virtue is that it is the first Cuban novel on both sides, that is, not just a novel about the Revolution or just a novel about Exile, but it is the only novel about the Revolution and Exile that I know of.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Rafael Rojas\u003cbr\u003eCuban Historian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful depiction of the tragic, forty-year-long separation endured by twin sisters, one in Cuba and one in America. By artfully weaving the women's diaries into a tapestry of everyday life experiences profoundly impacted by the Cuban Revolution, Uva de Aragon bears witness to each sister's heartaches of severance, dislocation, and dispossession. In the face of these hardships De Aragon celebrates the resilience of the human spirit, applauds the redemptive powers of friendship, and asserts the indomitability of familial bonds. \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Silence \u003c\/i\u003eis a call to keep the hope of reunification and reconciliation alive. It is an aspiration best expressed by Lauri, the twin who escaped to America: \"If I had one wish for Cuba ... [it is] that no Cuban would ever live in exile. Never.\" Ultimately, the power of De Aragon's novel lies in its universal implications: no human being should ever be subjected to the onerous effects of severance and exile.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Dr. Asher Z. Milbauer, Professor\u003cbr\u003eDirector, The Exile Studies Program\u003cbr\u003eFlorida International University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey C. Barnett,Uva de Aragón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eriginal Books LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613701201\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eriginal Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978695082099,"sku":"9.78161E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6dee4c23-7d5b-4677-ac92-4eab6b75af16.jpg?v=1760533143","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-memory-of-silence-9781613701201","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}