Book · 2008 · History
Telex from Cuba
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Telex from Cuba" is about kind of this mining town, company town in Cuba, American owned, right before the Cuban revolution, which is a spectacular read.
The best things said about it
She had been invited as a new voice and she was on stage talking about her first novel Telex from Cuba a book that I had loved very much.
Why people recommend it
Telex from Cuba is a historical novel by Rachel Kushner set in an American-owned mining company town in Cuba right before the outbreak of the Cuban revolution. Adam Skolnick recommended the book on The Rich Roll Podcast, describing it as a spectacular read that vividly captures the atmosphere of prerevolutionary Cuba and encouraging listeners to explore Kushner's fiction if they enjoyed her nonfiction work. The novel has also drawn high praise from literary figures; Judy Blume discussed Telex from Cuba on The Book Review, recalling how she watched Kushner speak as a dynamic new voice on stage and expressing her deep admiration for the book as a favorite novel. Blume noted that the debut work even served as an inspiration for her own writing. Through these podcast conversations, the novel has been highlighted as an exceptional piece of contemporary historical fiction that brilliantly transports readers to a specific, turbulent time and place in Caribbean history through richly textured storytelling and sharp observational prose.
Every mention
Adam Skolnick "Telex from Cuba" is about kind of this mining town, company town in Cuba, American owned, right before the… 2
“"Telex from Cuba" is about kind of this mining town, company town in Cuba, American owned, right before the Cuban revolution, which is a spectacular read.”
“And so I just thought, if you haven't heard of her and you are interested in the non-fiction stuff, this is the one, otherwise pick up "Flame Throwers" or "Telex from Cuba", you should get to know Rachel Cushner.”
Judy Blume she had been invited as a new voice and she was on stage talking about her first novel Telex from Cuba a bo… 2
“she had been invited as a new voice and she was on stage talking about her first novel Telex from Cuba a book that I had loved very much”
“she had been invited as a new voice and she was on stage talking about her first novel Telex from Cuba a book that I had loved very much”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I like Telex from Cuba”