The
Latina Book Club continues its Celebration of Cuba.
Here’s
a young adult novel about a teen hero struggling to reconcile the two faces of
his native land.
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| Hollywood Books International |
SUMMARY: Winner of
Prize Americana, THE MARES OF LENIN PARK is the story of Uli, a
fourteen-year-old Cuban boy, who struggles to reconcile his deceased father's
heroic past with his mother Graciela's new marriage. Finding it more and more
difficult to live in the economic times of Cuba following the fall of the
Soviet Union, Uli learns that the Revolutionaries are closer than expected -
dealing drugs to support the failing economy. These discoveries catapult him
into a journey involving work camps, murder, and a voyage at sea.♥
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Agustin was born in Panama after his parents
fled Cuba in the early ’60s. He grew up in Miami and currently lives in the
Washington, DC metro area. Agustin’s short fiction has appeared in Arcadia Literary Journal, The
Binnacle, The 34th Parallel Magazine, The Write Room, Apropos Literary Journal,
The Adirondack Review, Press 1, Sugar Mule, Review Americana, and Hinchas de Poesia. His
debut novel, THE MARES OF LENIN PARK (Hollywood
Books International,2013), won The Institute for the Study of American Popular
Culture’s Prize Americana for Prose. In 2012, Agustin started
his career as a playwright. His one-act play, Blasphemous
Rumours, was produced at the Florida International University
Theatre (Miami), and my 10-minute play,Ham and Eggs, was
produced at the Silver Spring Stage One-Act Festival (Silver Spring, MD). The
latter play was also published in Palooka
Journal. Agustin has worked as a teacher, translator, and a high
school principal. He is currently an educational administrator in Fairfax
County, VA. Check him out on Facebook/TheMaresOfLeninPark.
