De vuelta / Back

In 1996 I celebrated a year of sobriety and began a journey of rebirth. That year I developed confidence in myself that previously I never experienced. I took my personal collection of notes, diaries, and tapes from my year in Vietnam and begin to organize them into a book. In 1997 I completed the manuscript and titled it One Heart One Mind: one man's memoir of a tour of Vietnam. The book not only dealt with my year in Vietnam but with the emotional cost of the war on my soul and psyche. With assistance from Jonathan Shay M.D., Ph.D., the author of Achilles in Vietnam (a book about combat...

Nadie me lo vino a contar... no es más que una interpelación a uno mismo y a la vida en general. Pequeñas catas de aquello que nos rodea y que nos hace sentir. Preguntas sin respuesta o respuestas a una pregunta todavía no formulada que tratan de mostrar un itinerario vital, ni mejor ni peor, simplemente, una vida más con aquello que la atraviesa.

I am delighted to see this second book in the Bridges Series come to print. I originally conceived of this series of books to be a bridge between two cultures, a bridge between colleagues, friends and fellow writers - two Cubans and two Canadians in each book. Ever since the inception of the CCLA in 2004 we have tried to live up to our mandate: The mandate of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance is to advance cultural solidarity between Canada and Cuba through the creative expression of poetry, prose, art and photography. This book will evidence our ongoing success. For me personally this book...

En este texto, el hablante lírico recurre a escenas eróticas y sensuales, junto con toda la situacionalidad que éstas conllevan, sin tapujos ni prejuicios, para entregar una interesante panorámica de la sensualidad hedonista y placentera. «Detente allí donde jugaban nuestros cuerpos y oye el eco que dejamos esparcido, la piel del tiempo que revelará cuánto amamos. Detente allí…»