Cuban News Agency

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The book, by the Letras Cubans publishing house, tells two parallel stories: the main character’s growing up and an eventful journey he takes to the fictitious island of Mulgavia, located in Europe.

Renowned essay writer and art critic Graziella Pogolotti, 2005 Cuba’s
Literature Award laureate, described the novel as an extraordinaire piece
of subtleness that invites readers to think and reflect on this
“shuddering contemporary reality we live in”

She praised the brilliant use of humor and the author’s capacity to mix
reality and fantasy to create an entire culture, founding myths, language,
art, geography, ethnic composition and social habits.

Abel Prieto said he was happy with the result and thanked all that, one
way or the other, backed him up and collaborated with him, making useful
suggestions that are reflected in the finished produce.

The Cuban Culture Minister, born in 1950, has published several essays on
late writer Jose Lezama Lima, the short story books “Los bitongos y los
guapos”, “No me falles”, “Gallego”, and “Noche de Sábado”, and the novel
El vuelo del gato; the two latest received critics awards in Cuba.

Former Culture Minister Armando Hart Davalos was present at the launching,
as well as Roberto Fernández Retamar, president of Casa de las Américas.