Learning to Die in Miami Confessions of a Refugee Boy

Name: Learning to Die in Miami Confessions of a Refugee Boy
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ISBN: 9781439181911

ISBN-10: 1439181918

ISBN-13: 9781439181911

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Authors: Carlos Eire

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In his 2003 National Book Awardwinning memoirWaiting for Snow in Havana,Carlos Eire narrated his coming of age in Cuba just before and during the Castro revolution. That book literally ends in midair as eleven-year-old Carlos and his older brother leave Havana on an airplanealong with thousands of other childrento begin their new life in Miami in 1962. It would be years before he would see his mother again. He would never again see his beloved father.Learning to Die in Miamiopens as the plane lands and Carlos faces, with trepidation and excitement, his new life. He quickly realizes that in order for his new American self to emerge, his Cuban self must "die." And so, with great enterprise…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 6/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Carlos Eire is the author of the memoirs "Waiting for Snow in Havana", which won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2003, and "Learning to Die in Miami". His other books include "War Against the Idols" and "From Madrid to Purgatory". He is the Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University.