Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Sandra Kingery. Winner of the 2007 Juan Rulfo Prize for Short Narratives. This endlessly engaging novel recounts the personal and political fortunes and misfortunes of Dr. Leal, a prestigious Cuban-American surgeon, who comes home to the Miami of his childhood to attend his brother's funeral. From the moment he enters the Miami airport, Dr. Leal is caught up in the complicated and suffocating realities of current U.S.-Cuban relationships, the personal politics of the exile community in Miami, his aging mother's startling revelations about the Leal family, and a mysterious young Colombian woman named Milena.

Author Hometown: Stockholm SWE



About the author: René Vázquez Díaz is a Swedish-Cuban writer, translator and journalist who won Radio France Internationale's Juan Rulfo Award in 2007. He has published eight novels, essays and poetry, including WELCOME TO MIAMI, DOCTOR LEAL and THE ISLAND OF CUNDEAMOR.

Reviews:
http://www.vazquezdiaz.com/
http://www.cubanow.net/pages/loader.php?sec=7&t=2&item=3882
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj665nW5on8