The Weasel and the Whore
Translated by Julia Sanches, Jennifer Shyue.
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- Paperback scheduled for publication on 15/10/2025
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- ISBN: 9781738459452
Quick take
A grim underground portrait of today's Cuba, where young people struggle to shake off the vestiges of Castroism.
Synopsis
From Monday to Saturday, Mary is a young and talented artist in the artistic, bohemian and fringe circles of Havana. But on Sundays, Mary becomes the sex toy of a high official of the regime. Her condition as a woman and artist, bisexual and alienated from Castroism, inevitably pushes her towards social exclusion, and Mary begins to need a reason to remain in Cuba.
Featuring a host of unforgettable and irreverent members of the underground Havana, this novel raises important questions which a new whole generation is finding increasingly difficult to ignore.
About the author
Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas (Guantánamo, 1991) is a playwright, writer and performer. She has written three poetry collections, and won the David Prize for Poetry in 2017 and the Havana Poetry Biennial Prize. She is the creator of several performances in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, German, Canada and Switzerland. The Weasel and The Whore is her debut novel and was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in 2020 as well as the English PEN Award for our English translation.
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