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ENGLISH. HARDCOVER.
The
incredible story of a young medical student arrested in Cuba in 1962
documents the life of Ana Rodriguez and her steadfast refusal to give in
to political intimidation, re-education, or rehabilitation during
nineteen years as a political prisoner.
From Publishers Weekly
In
1961, three years into the Cuban revolution, medical student Rodriguez,
a member of the anti-Castro underground, was jailed for
"counterrevolutionary acts of sabotage." In 1979, after two escapes,
several hunger strikes and "obstinate and uncooperative" behavior, she
was released, free to join anti-Castroites in Miami.She claims that her
jailers were glad to be rid of her. As she and Miami Herald journalist
Garvin tell it, she was a superwoman who intimidated, harassed and
insulted her jailers; they in turn saw her and her prison comrades as
"always looking for some excuse to make trouble" and indifferent to "the
many times [they were] shown forgiveness." Although she was often
punished with solitary confinement, it is not clear why worse did not
befall her and why, if her jailers were the villains she claims, she was
often granted privileges. A self-styled rebel since the age of 14,
first against the Batista dictatorship, then Castro, she admits that
after her release, she had difficulty not walking on the grass in Miami
whenever she saw a Keep Off sign.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
In
1961, three years into the Cuban revolution, medical student Rodriguez,
a member of the anti-Castro underground, was jailed for
"counterrevolutionary acts of sabotage." In 1979, after two escapes,
several hunger strikes and "obstinate and uncooperative" behavior, she
was released, free to join anti-Castroites in Miami.She claims that her
jailers were glad to be rid of her. As she and Miami Herald journalist
Garvin tell it, she was a superwoman who intimidated, harassed and
insulted her jailers; they in turn saw her and her prison comrades as
"always looking for some excuse to make trouble" and indifferent to "the
many times [they were] shown forgiveness." Although she was often
punished with solitary confinement, it is not clear why worse did not
befall her and why, if her jailers were the villains she claims, she was
often granted privileges. A self-styled rebel since the age of 14,
first against the Batista dictatorship, then Castro, she admits that
after her release, she had difficulty not walking on the grass in Miami
whenever she saw a Keep Off sign.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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