Havana noir /

Havana noir /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Akashic Books, 2007.
Description:	355 p. : 1 map ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Akashic noir series Akashic noir series.
Subject:	Short stories, Cuban. Cuban fiction -- 21st century. American fiction -- Cuban American authors. American fiction -- Cuban American authors. Cuban fiction. Literature. Short stories, Cuban. Havana (Cuba) -- In literature. Cuba -- Havana. Noir fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Detective and mystery fiction. Noir fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6652541

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Other authors / contributors:	Obejas, Achy, 1956-
ISBN:	9781933354385 (trade pbk. original) 1933354380 (trade pbk. original)
Summary:	Presents a collection of stories by current and former residents of Havana that relate tales of ambiguous moralities, collective cruelty, and the damage incurred by self-preservation at all costs.

Table of Contents:

Nowhere man / Miguel Mejides
The last passenger / Ena Lucía Portela
The scene / Mylene Fernández Pintado
Staring at the sun / Leonardo Padura
The dinner / Carolina García-Aguilera
Johnny Ventura's seventh try / Pablo Medina
Shanghai / Alex Abella
Murder at 503 La Rosa / Moisés Asís
Murder, according to my mother-in-law / Arturo Arango
The orchid / Mariela Varona Roque
What for, this burden / Michel Encinosa Fú
The red bridge / Yoss
La Coca-Cola del olvido / Lea Aschkenas
Zenzizenzic / Achy Obejas
Virgins of Regla / Mabel Cuesta
Olúo / Arnaldo Correa
Settling of scores / Oscar F. Ortíz
Abikú / Yohamna Depestre.