{"product_id":"cuban-revelations-behind-the-scenes-in-havana-9780813044651","title":"Cuban Revelations: Behind the Scenes in Havana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A vivid, engaging exploration of Cuban politics, culture and economic life.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Considerably deeper than much of the work on the subject. It takes on the challenge of describing what's in a black box with energy and candor.\"--VisitCuba.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most informative, accurate, insightful, detailed account available on twenty-first century Cuba.\"--HavanaTimes.org \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Marc Frank is the best foreign journalist reporting from Cuba today. We now have a behind-the-scenes look at the changes large and small taking place as the Cuban revolution molts from Fidel to Ra l to the next generation.\"--Julia Sweig, author of \u003ci\u003eCuba: What Everyone Needs to Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must-read book to grasp what has been happening in Cuba over the past ten years.\"--Wayne Smith, director of the Cuba Project, Center for International Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Frank enriches his fascinating reportage with his unparalleled access to expressive Cubans from all walks of life.\"--Richard Feinberg, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With a sharp eye for human detail and a clear understanding of what makes Cuba tick, Frank's narrative bears eloquent, balanced, and always sensitive witness to the troubled trajectory of Cuba from the 'dark days' of the 1990s economic collapse through to the challenging changes under Ra l. It genuinely gets 'inside' the otherwise confusing system and society, and is all the more welcome for that.\"--Antoni Kapcia, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Dynamic of Cuban Civil Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gripping and insightful. It is rare indeed to find reporting as authoritative and well sourced as this about what remains an impenetrable and opaque regime.\"--Michael Reid, author of \u003ci\u003eForgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a U.S.-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century, Mark Frank has observed in person the best days of the revolution, the fall of the Soviet bloc, the great depression of the 1990s, the stepping aside of Fidel Castro, and the reforms now being devised by his brother. In \u003ci\u003eCuban Revelations\u003c\/i\u003e, Frank offers a first-hand account of daily life in Cuba at the turn of the twenty-first century, the start of a new and dramatic epoch for islanders and the Cuban diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Examining the effects of U.S. policy toward Cuba, Frank analyzes why Cuba has entered an extraordinary, irreversible period of change and considers what the island's future holds. The enormous social engineering project taking place today under Ra l's leadership is fraught with many dangers, and \u003ci\u003eCuban Revelations \u003c\/i\u003efollows the new leader's efforts to overcome bureaucratic resistance and the fears of a populace that stand in his way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition, Frank offers a colorful chronicle of his travels across the island's many and varied provinces, sharing candid interviews with people from all walks of life. He takes the reader outside the capital to reveal how ordinary Cubans live and what they are thinking and feeling as fifty-year-old social and economic taboos are broken. He shares his honest and unbiased observations on extraordinary positive developments in social matters, like healthcare and education, as well as on the inefficiencies in the Cuban economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eCuban Revelations\u003c\/i\u003e is an objective account by a reporter who has lived with the Cubans for many years as their old world falls apart and they set about trying to build a new one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813044651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2015 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc Frank\u003c\/b\u003e is a U.S.-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century. 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