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Summary: CUBA WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND SEE.
Review: This book is amazing! Tony came and spoke to a class I was in at Ohio State University before this book was published. His story of returning to Cuba is unforgetable. The photographs in this book really capture the feelings Mr. Mendoza had I felt. The ability he has to capture the feelings of the Cubans and his own feelings in this book were wonderful. I highly recogmend it.
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Summary: Unforgetable
Review: This book is amazing! Tony came and spoke to a class I was in at Ohio State University before this book was published. His story of returning to Cuba is unforgetable. The photographs in this book really capture the feelings Mr. Mendoza had I felt. The ability he has to capture the feelings of the Cubans and his own feelings in this book were wonderful. I highly recogmend it.
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Summary: "Going Back" with Tony Mendoza
Review: This is a wonderful book--a visual and literary treat for all readers. The author returned to his native Cuba after a 30+ year absence, and the result is this fascinating book which perfectly balances photography, memoir, and political/social observation. I was previously familiar with Mendoza's acclaimed photography, which is stunning here, and happily discovered he's also a terrific writer. The text comprises a significant part of the book, and it could certainly stand on its own. Mendoza's voice is enormously engaging and appealing--he's astutely observant of small, telling details, and his stories are often hilarious, lusty, and always insightful. The country's complicated political situation is presented with remarkable restraint--he allows Castro to speak for himself, literally, with segments of his speeches interspersed throughout the narrative; fascinating even to readers with a passing knowledge of/interest in world politics. All in all the book triumphs the great spirit of the Cuban people--the author's included.
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Summary: "Going Back" with Tony Mendoza
Review: Tony Mendoza takes us on a three week Photojourney of Cuba today.A tour de force captured by his unique combination as Photo-Artist and Writer. As you flip through the pages of Cuba (Going Back) you will explore Cuba's countryside and will visit Havana's neighborhoods.Just as the images of Tony Mendoza's pictures speak volumes about the subject so to will he conjure a picture of what is Cuba today in his writing. You will find intresting his pictures of the Cuban people and also of the beautiful Cuban landscape. His interviews with acquaintances as well as strangers he meets on his journey will give you a feeling for what life must be like for some typical and not so typical Cubans.You will also enjoy the sense of humor that Cuban's retain in spite of their everyday dificulties. This is a book for Cubans and non-Cubans alike, a worthy addition to your home library.
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Summary: Cuba in black and white
Review: Tony Mendoza takes us on a three week Photojourney of Cuba today.A tour de force captured by his unique combination as Photo-Artist and Writer. As you flip through the pages of Cuba (Going Back) you will explore Cuba's countryside and will visit Havana's neighborhoods.Just as the images of Tony Mendoza's pictures speak volumes about the subject so to will he conjure a picture of what is Cuba today in his writing. You will find intresting his pictures of the Cuban people and also of the beautiful Cuban landscape. His interviews with acquaintances as well as strangers he meets on his journey will give you a feeling for what life must be like for some typical and not so typical Cubans.You will also enjoy the sense of humor that Cuban's retain in spite of their everyday dificulties. This is a book for Cubans and non-Cubans alike, a worthy addition to your home library.
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Summary: The People of Cuba Speak
Review: Tony Mendoza's journey through Cuba takes you into the world of the average Cuban. He does an excellent job of reflecting on his childhood memories of Cuba while combining present day Cuba. This book contains true actual feelings and impressions of Cuba instead of the naive happy-go lucky attitude expressed in most touristic journals typical of many other photographers.
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Summary: The People of Cuba Speak
Review: Tony Mendoza's journey through Cuba takes you into the world of the average Cuban. He does an excellent job of reflecting on his childhood memories of Cuba while combining present day Cuba. This book contains true actual feelings and impressions of Cuba instead of the naive happy-go lucky attitude expressed in most touristic journals typical of many other photographers.
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Summary: Self interview by Tony Mendoza
Review: Why did you write this book?For a very long time I've been wanting to go back to Cuba, where I was born and lived for my first 18 years. So on one level it's a personal journey to a place where once I was very happy. I've also been extremely curious about how Cubans on the island relate to their government, and how they manage their daily lives. Basically I went there on a fact finding mission. I made it a point to hear what they told me. How were you qualified to do this book. For the past 20 years I've been doing a form of art that combines images with text, mostly because I feel I'm equally adept and interested in both writing and photography. My resume has an entire page of awards, including 3 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. I feel I trained all my life to write this book. I'm familiar with what Cuba was like before Fidel, which gives me a perspective that most journalists who have written about Cuba don't have. I also found it very easy to talk to Cubans and to move around the island. Is there anything you feel you've contributed to the literature out there about Cuba. I spoke to around 200 people from all walks of life, so it's a fair snapshot of what people there think. It reads like a diary and whoever has read it has told me they can't put it down. I think I make a good case for ending the embargo from the point of view of the self-employed workers, who will make socialism irrelevant if their numbers increase. I think it's also an amusing book; Cubans are short of everything, except humor.
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