Urzua's unsentimental story of shattered idealism is specific to Cuba, but anyone whose path to adulthood was paved with disillusionment, -- whether they were betrayed by faith, family or institutions – will understand her melancholy nostalgia.
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VarietyDeborah Young
VarietyDeborah Young
Those on both sides of the great Cuba divide should find food for thought in these sober, realistic reflections.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
Both love story and memory of underdevelopment, The Sugar Curtain illuminates, with great sobriety and reverence, the paradox of a nation as steeped in tradition as it is in hypocrisy.