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Telex from Cuba a novel

An astonishingly wise, ambitious, and riveting first novel set in the American community in Cuba during the years leading to Castro's revolution, this masterful debut will put Rachel Kushner on the map of American fiction.--From publisher description.

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Main Author: Kushner, Rachel
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2008.
Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed.
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Americans > Cuba > Fiction.
Cuba > History > 1933-1959 > Fiction.
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Summary:An astonishingly wise, ambitious, and riveting first novel set in the American community in Cuba during the years leading to Castro's revolution, this masterful debut will put Rachel Kushner on the map of American fiction.--From publisher description.
Physical Description:322 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781416561033 (alk. paper)
141656103X (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Rachel Kushner's debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her second novel, The Flamethrowers, was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. Her fiction and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Believer, and Grand Street. She made the Bestseller List in 2018 with her title, The Mars Room.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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