Karla Suárez Havana Year Zero Recensie en informatie over deze Cubaanse roman. Op 23 februari 2021 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Charco Press de Engelse vertaling van de roman Habana año cero van de Cubnaase schrijfster Karla Suárez. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verschenen.
Karla Suárez Havana Year Zero recensie
- “The Name of The Rose is set in Cuba and is now called Havana Year Zero (…) A masterpiece.” (Marie Claire France)
- “An impressive novel.” (Le Figaro Littéraire)
- “A terrifically enjoyable read.” (Irish Times)
- “The original plot, narrated like a mathematical conundrum, and the apocalyptic portrait of Havana in 1993 are two of the great attractions of this novel.” (La Libre Belgique)
Havana Year Zero
- Schrijfster: Karla Suárez (Cuba)
- Soort boek: Cubaanse roman
- Origineel: Habana año cero (2011)
- Engelse vertaling: Christina MacSweeney
- Uitgever: Charco Press
- Verschijnt: 23 februari 2021
- Omvang: 256 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 9,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de roman van Karla Suárez
It was as if we’d reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That’s how low we sank.
The year is 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, Havana is at Year Zero: the lowest possible point, going nowhere. Desperate to seize control of her life, Julia teams up with her colleague and former lover, Euclid, to seek out a document that proves the telephone was invented by Antonio Meucci in Havana, convinced it is the answer to secure their reputations and give Cuba a purpose once more.
From this point zero, Julia sets out on an investigation to befriend two men who could help lead to the document’s whereabouts, and must pick apart a tangled mystery of sex, family legacies and the intricacies of how people find ways to survive in a country at its lowest ebb.