by J.J. Armas Marcelo · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420416304
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«Réquiem habanero por Fidel» is the literary novel by J.J. Armas Marcelo, published by Alfaguara in paperback with flaps (344 pages, in Spanish).
Walter Cepeda, a retired colonel of State Security, learns from his daughter exiled in Barcelona that Fidel Castro has died. The news unleashes in the old revolutionary a flood of memories; he reviews the ideals and defeats of his generation. An ironic and intelligent satire of the Cuban regime and of those who await the island's future.
It belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection. Second edition, published on 30 April 2014. Work awarded the Francisco Umbral Prize for Book of the Year.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in Cuba's recent history and in novels with a political background.
