The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos Buy 1 Havana Red by Leonardo Padura Buy 2 Learning to Die in Miami by Carlos Eire Buy 3 Three Trapped Tigers by Guillermo Cabrera Infante Buy 4 Aura by Carlos Fuentes Buy 5 Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima The best books on Cuba, recommended by Oscar Hijuelos The best-selling novelist tells 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 The best-selling novelist tells 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 Buy 1 Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-Chauvet Buy 2 General Sun, My Brother by Jacques Stephen Alexis Buy 3 Memoir of an Amnesiac by Jan J Dominique Buy 4 Anthologie Secrète by Ida Faubert Buy 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 Buy 1 Lady Nugent’s Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801-1805 by Maria Nugent Buy 2 Journey to an Illusion by Donald Hinds Buy 3 Stone Haven by Evan Jones Buy 4 Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes of the West Indies by Matthew Lewis Buy 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 Buy 1 The Comedians by Graham Greene Buy 2 Libète by Charles Arthur and Michael Dash Buy 3 The Black Jacobins by C L R James Buy 4 Bonjour Blanc by Ian Thomson Buy 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 Buy 1 The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson Buy 2 Buccaneers of the Caribbean by Jon Latimer Buy 3 Barbary Legend: War, Trade, and Piracy in North Africa, 1415-1830 by Godfrey Fisher Buy 4 Britain and Barbary, 1589-1689 by Nabil Matar Buy 5 The Stolen Village by Des Ekin The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood Author and historian has a fascination with pirates and says that the pirates of history are surprisingly similar to the pirates of today. He discusses five books that show how piracy helped forge an empire.
The best books on Pirates, recommended by Adrian Tinniswood Author and historian has a fascination with pirates and says that the pirates of history are surprisingly similar to the pirates of today. He discusses five books that show how piracy helped forge an empire.
