In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd
Ana Menéndez
Grove Atlantic
<B>Eleven short stories of the Cuban immigrant experience as characters adjust to life in the United Sates, from an award-winning author.</B><BR /> <BR /> From the prize&#8211;winning title story&#8212;a masterpiece of humor and heartbreak&#8212;unfolds a collection of tales that illuminate the landscape of an exiled community rich in heritage, memory, and longing for the past. <I>In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd </I>is at once "tender and sharp-fanged" as Ana Men&eacute;ndez evocatively charts the territory from Havana to Coral Gables, Florida, and explores whether any of us are capable, or even truly desirous, of outrunning our origins (<I>LA Weekly</I>).<BR /> <BR /> "With the grace of Margaret Atwood and the sensuality of Laura Esquivel," Men&eacute;ndez makes an unforgettable debut "rich in metaphor, wisdom, and delicious subtlety" (<I>St. Petersburg Times</I>).