Out of the Game

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	• Fuera del Juego (Coleccion Clasicos Cubanos) Heberto Padilla Ediciones Universal, 1998 - 199 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Out of the Game

This is a brilliant collection of poetry that focuses in the nausea, fear and repression the author and many of his fellow Cubans have experienced under the 41 year dictatorship of the Castro regime. This book made history and set a precedent when it was awarded the UNEAC's (Union of Cuban writer's) Julian del Casal prize which resulted in the publication of it. A publication that ,soon after, was taken out of the shelves resulting in Padilla's imprisonment. Out of the Game (Fuera del Juego) and the historical consequences of it, are a clear reflection of the reality of Cuba's political situation. Writers from the left, such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Mario Vargas Llosa and Susan Sontag (plus many others)signed a letter accusing Castro's dictatorial state and breaking their former alliance with their ideal Cuban utopia. Mr. Padilla will be coming this year of 2000 to give a lecture to USC, those interested in the event can contact me for more information.

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Padilla Affair

A great book of poetry that perforates the fake texture of Cuba's opressive system. Padilla dedicated one of the poems from this book to Yanis Ritzos, the Greek poet that was jailed because of his leftist stand. In contrast, Padilla was later arrested for his criticism of an imperfect revolution which he hoped to improve. This is a crucial book in the inmortalization of history and its mistakes which if forgotten or ignored..are bound to repeat again.

This commemorative 30th anniversary edition rescues this historically important poetry book, winner of the 1968 JULIAN DEL CASAL award, for new generations to read.

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