Against All Hope: The Prison Memoirs of Armando Valladares Contributor(s): Valladares, Armando (Author), Hurley, Andrew (Translator), Gardner, Grover (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1470887584 ISBN-13: 9781470887582 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
Dewey: B |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
Features: Unabridged |
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Publisher Description: This is a history of the Cuban revolution viewed from its dungeons. Armando Valladares describes his twenty-two years of torment and triumph in Castro's prison. Arrested at the age of twenty-two for being philosophically opposed to Communism, he gives a dramatic and harrowing account of the regular beatings, the hunger, the humiliation, and the psychological "experimentation" to which the Cuban Revolution subjected its unrepentant enemies. However, Valladares' hope and courage transcended these horrors, showing us the heroic possibilities of one possessing unshaken faith. More than an indictment of a cruel regime, this book is a testimony to the power of biblical faith to allow a man to survive against all hope. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gardner, Grover: - Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards. Valladares, Armando: -Armando Valladares, after his release from prison in Cuba, came to the United States and served as ambassador to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations during the Reagan and Bush administrations. He spent years in Madrid and now lives with his family in Miami. Hurley, Andrew: - Andrew Hurley is a translator of numerous works of literature, criticism, history, and memoir. He is professor emeritus at the University of Puerto Rico. |
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