The cigar roller
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Master storyteller Pablo Medina's The Cigar Roller is a radiant novel recounting the life of Cuban master cigar roller Amadeo Terra. A proud and capricious man, tobacco has been the center of Amadeo's life, the source of his passion. For his considerable talents with the leaves he had been forgiven a great number of sins. An imperious patriarch of enormous appetites, Amadeo now lies in a Florida hospital after a stroke looks back at his previously unexamined life. One day Nurse feeds him mango from a baby-food jar-a change from the tasteless mush he frequently rejects with defiance-and the taste brings memories of his life in Havana flooding back to him. He recalls his turbulent, passionate relationship with his wife Julia, his numerous romantic transgressions, the three sons he's kept at a distance, the political strife that forced his family to relocate from Cuba to Florida, and finally the tragedy that he's kept locked away. The Cigar Roller is a tour de force, an evocative, humorous and endearing and portrait of a once robust man who, at the end of his imperfect life, clamors for some dignity and grace as he comes to terms with his regrets.
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9780802117922
9781555846893
9781982470760
9781555846893
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Subjects
Cerebrovascular disease
Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Fiction
Cigar industry
Cigar industry -- Fiction
Cuban Americans
Cuban Americans -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction
Hospital patients
Hospital patients -- Fiction
Immigrants
Immigrants -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Paralytics
Paralytics -- Fiction
Patients
Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Fiction
Cigar industry
Cigar industry -- Fiction
Cuban Americans
Cuban Americans -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction
Hospital patients
Hospital patients -- Fiction
Immigrants
Immigrants -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Paralytics
Paralytics -- Fiction
Patients
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Grouping Author | pablo medina |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-04 23:46:58PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-04 23:47:23PM |
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Fiction
Cigar industry -- Fiction
Cuban Americans -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction
Hospital patients -- Fiction
Immigrants -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Paralytics -- Fiction
Cigar industry -- Fiction
Cuban Americans -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Florida -- Fiction
Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction
Hospital patients -- Fiction
Immigrants -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Paralytics -- Fiction
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The cigar roller
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Cerebrovascular disease
Cigar industry
Cuban Americans
Electronic books
Hospital patients
Immigrants
Literature
Paralytics
Patients
Cigar industry
Cuban Americans
Electronic books
Hospital patients
Immigrants
Literature
Paralytics
Patients
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