Ja see ei petnud ootusi - ma pole ammu Goodreadsis ühelegi raamatule viit tärni andnud, enamasti eelistan üldse mitte hinnata, aga need mõlemad said mult just selle hinde. Miks? Sest aines, teostus, armastuslugu, ajalooline taust - kõik vastas mu maitsele.
Kui "Next Year in Havana" oli rohkem klassikaline armastusromaan, siis "When We Left Cuba" armastuslugu keerulisem, karakterid värvikamad. Mulle väga meeldis Beatriz, kes ühelt poolt noppis järjest südameid ja abieluettepanekuid, aga teisalt ei tahtnud üldse abielluda, lapsi, pereelu, olla defineeritud eelkõige oma mehe kaudu. Palju lõbusam oli hakata mässumeelselt CIA agendiks ja minna ülikooli. :)
1960ndatel ja Kuuba kõrgseltskonnast USAsse sattunud naise jaoks olid need abielu vs karjäär teemad muidugi teravamad kui tänapäeval, kui see on eelkõige naise enda valikute küsimus, aga arvestades seda, kui paljudes ajaviiteromaanides seiklevad hoopis teistsugused naised (ka mõnes mu enda omas, tuleb tunnistada :)), siis oli väga värskendav.
Lisan väikesed sisukokkuvõtted ka, isutekitajateks.
"Next Year in Havana"
After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution...
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...
"When We Left Cuba"
The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro's inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost.
As the Cold War swells like a hurricane over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash of Cuban American politics and the perils of a forbidden affair with a powerful man driven by ambitions of his own...
Lisan väikesed sisukokkuvõtted ka, isutekitajateks.
"Next Year in Havana"
After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution...
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...
"When We Left Cuba"
The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro's inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost.
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