Closed for Repairs: Stories Nancy Alonso epub Closed for Repairs: Stories Nancy Alonso pdf download Closed for Repairs: Stories Nancy Alonso pdf file Closed for Repairs: Stories Nancy Alonso audiobook Closed for Repairs: Stories Nancy Alonso book review Closed for Repairs: Stories Nancy Alonso summary | #583210 in Books | Curbstone Books | 2007-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.50 x5.50l, | File type: PDF | 89 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A book anyone can read and enjoy.|By Maria Pina-Carrasco|I learned about this book through my professor because it was one of a few mandatory readings. I loved this book! Usually I only read if I have to (which partly credits to this selection) but once I began reading this book, I could not put it down. The best and most memorable moment was personally meeting this author. The|From Publishers Weekly|In 11 too-brief, charming tales, Cuban author Alonso gently pokes fun at the irksome living conditions in her home country. In "Caesar," a family starved for the taste of meat-unavailable and prohibitively expensive to the regular workers-
Closed for Repairs is a series of eleven vignettes that depict Cuban ingenuity in the face of urban problems. Each solution is framed with humor and irony and gives a glimpse of life on the island today.
In a clever fashion, Nancy Alonso shows us the spirit of resolve on the part of Cubans when faced with such issues as transportation problems, lack of water, and the shortage of consumer goods and construction materials caused by the embargo.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Closed for Repairs: Stories (Lannan Translation Selection (Curbstone Press)) | Nancy Alonso. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
