The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos Read 1 Havana Red by Leonardo Padura Read 2 Learning to Die in Miami by Carlos Eire Read 3 Three Trapped Tigers by Guillermo Cabrera Infante Read 4 Aura by Carlos Fuentes Read 5 Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos In 2011, two years before his death, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos told us about books that evoke the land of his parents, from a noirish take on contemporary Havana to the cabaret scene of pre-Castro Cuba
The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos In 2011, two years before his death, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos told us about books that evoke the land of his parents, from a noirish take on contemporary Havana to the cabaret scene of pre-Castro Cuba
Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature Read 1 Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-Chauvet Read 2 General Sun, My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis Read 3 Memoir of an Amnesiac by Jan J Dominique Read 4 Anthologie Secrète by Ida Faubert Read 5 Masters of the Dew by Jacques Roumain Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature The acclaimed Haitian author chooses five must-reads from the riches of Haitian literature – including 19th-century poems by a ruler’s daughter.
Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Literature The acclaimed Haitian author chooses five must-reads from the riches of Haitian literature – including 19th-century poems by a ruler’s daughter.
The best books on Jamaica, recommended by Ian Thomson Read 1 Lady Nugent’s Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801-1805 by Maria Nugent Read 2 Journey to an Illusion by Donald Hinds Read 3 Stone Haven by Evan Jones Read 4 Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies by Matthew Lewis Read 5 Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley The best books on Jamaica, recommended by Ian Thomson Five books on Jamaica as chosen by an expert. Covers history, geography, even reggae – which Bob Marley isn’t at all, apparently. ‘It’s the kind of airbrushed version of reggae, with rock music overlaid’
The best books on Jamaica, recommended by Ian Thomson Five books on Jamaica as chosen by an expert. Covers history, geography, even reggae – which Bob Marley isn’t at all, apparently. ‘It’s the kind of airbrushed version of reggae, with rock music overlaid’
The best books on Haiti, recommended by Christian Wisskirchen Read 1 The Comedians by Graham Greene Read 2 Libète by Charles Arthur and Michael Dash Read 3 The Black Jacobins by C L R James Read 4 Bonjour Blanc by Ian Thomson Read 5 The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer The best books on Haiti, recommended by Christian Wisskirchen Founding member and former chair of The Haiti Support Group, Christian Wisskirchen, recommends five books that reveal much about Haiti and its fascinating and often traumatic history.
The best books on Haiti, recommended by Christian Wisskirchen Founding member and former chair of The Haiti Support Group, Christian Wisskirchen, recommends five books that reveal much about Haiti and its fascinating and often traumatic history.
The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood Read 1 The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson Read 2 Buccaneers of the Caribbean by Jon Latimer Read 3 Barbary Legend: War, Trade, and Piracy in North Africa, 1415-1830 by Godfrey Fisher Read 4 Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689 by Nabil Matar Read 5 The Stolen Village by Des Ekin The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood People see in pirates what they want to see, says historian and author Adrian Tinniswood. He recommends five fascinating books about pirates.
The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood People see in pirates what they want to see, says historian and author Adrian Tinniswood. He recommends five fascinating books about pirates.
