{"product_id":"autobiography-of-fidel-castro-9780393339031","title":"Autobiography of Fidel Castro","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn audacious biography of the ex-president of Cuba told in Castro's own outrageous, bombastic voice. Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuentes was once a revolutionary: a writer with privileged access to Fidel Castro's inner circle during some the most challenging years of the revolution. But in the late 1990s, as the regime began sending its oldest comrades to the firing squad, he became A Man Who Knew Too Much. Escaping a death sentence and now living in exile, Fuentes has written a brilliant, satirical, and utterly captivating autobiography of the Cuban leader in Fidel's own arrogant and seductive language discussing everything from Castro's early sexual experiences in Biran to his true feelings about Che Guevara and his philosophy on murder, legacy, and state secrets. Critics have long admired Fuentes's writing; one U.S. article called him Norman Mailer's Cuban pen pal. Akin to Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, or Edmund Morris's Dutch, this wickedly entertaining, true-to-life masterpiece is as imaginative and outsized as Castro himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norberto Fuentes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.55w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393339031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2010 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuentes, Norberto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Journalist, award-winning fiction author, and former member of the Cuban revolution, \u003cstrong\u003eNorberto Fuentes\u003c\/strong\u003e has written ten books, including \u003cem\u003eHemingway in Cuba\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has been praised by writers such as Italo Calvino, William Kennedy, and Gabriel García Márquez. He left Cuba in 1994 and now lives in exile in Florida.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKushner, Anna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAnna Kushner\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Philadelphia and first traveled to Cuba in 1999. Beside her \"commanding translation\" (\u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e) of \u003cem\u003eThe Halfway House\u003c\/em\u003e (ND, 2009), her writing and translations have appeared in numerous other print and web publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41261450526835,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1fe295ac-8b4d-44e8-8ef5-83f7030763f7.jpg?v=1705499975","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/autobiography-of-fidel-castro-9780393339031","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}