One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution

by Alice Walker (Foreword), Alice Walker (Foreword), Nancy Stout (Author)

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 400
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 01 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 1583673172
ISBN 13: 9781583673171

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A penetrating and startling biography. . . takes on the importance of the work of Arundhati Roy or Noam Chomsky in its insistence on looking at facts rather than self-serving capitalist and neocolonialist myth. . . also a damn good read about a passionate, sensuous, and brilliant woman! -Sapphire, author of Push and The Kid
In this impressive biography Stout utilizes interviews, Cuban archives (to which she was granted special access by Castro himself), letters, and other documents to provide an accurate portrait of Sanchez, who ran the planning organization of the revolution after the death of Pais in 1957... Stout's biography tells her story as well as offering insights into other revolutionaries and their contributions... Highly recommended for readers and scholars of Cuban history. -Library Journal
I love this book. . . an insightful, mature, and sometimes droll exploration of a profoundly liberated, adventuresome and driven personality. I love the life of Celia S nchez, a life that was singular, sui generis, and true to its time of revolution and change in Cuban society. -Alice Walker, author, The Color Purple; winner, Pulitzer Prize
Engrossing, endearing, and eloquent, this sympathetic and superbly crafted portrait of the 'True Flower of the Revolution' unfolds in magnificent detail. . . so intimate is Stout's well-informed tour de force that the description of S nchez's death brings the reader to tears, inspired by a deep sense of love and loss. -Christopher P. Baker, author, Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba

Author Bio

Nancy Stout is a writer and photographer living in New York City, currently employed by Fordham University as a Reference Librarian. Her books include Great American Thoroughbred Racetracks, Homestretch, The West Side YMCA: A Social and Architectural Retrospective, Havana/La Habana (with architect Jorge Rigau, who wrote the text), and Habanos: the Story of the Havana Cigar (author and photographer). Alice Walker is an author, poet, and activist; she won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her novel The Color Purple.