A novel about glamour, surveillance, and corruption in contemporary Cuba, from an internationally bestselling author--who has never before been translated into English
WENDY GUERRA (Havana, 1970) is a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
and was selected for Bogota 39, the prestigious group of writers
from the Hay Bogota project. In 2015 and 2016, she was a visiting
professor at Princeton and UCLA.
From an early age, she found success as a poet, publishing her
first volume of poetry aged 17 whilst attending the University of
Havana. She later pursued studies in filmmaking and hosted a number
of TV shows about culture and television on the national Cuban
broadcaster. She began to circulate and publish her texts abroad,
to great critical acclaim. As a result of this success, she has
been considered with suspicion by Cuban intelligence services and
has remained largely unpublished in her native country. Drawing
inspiration from her diaries and also from the visual arts, her
texts often combine filmic, personal and poetic elements.
ACHY OBEJAS is an award-winning translator and author of the
critically acclaimed novels RUINS and DAYS OF AWE. She is director
of the MFA in Translation program at Mills College in Oakland, CA.
"Radical... Revolution Sunday is about creating art under
surveillance, and about our homelands' inescapable
pull... Guerra is a fearless writer, and she's lucky to have a
fearless translator [in Achy Obejas]. Together, they
make Revolution Sunday more vivid than life."—Lily Meyer,
NPR
"More than in its plot—a Cold War conspiracy of sorts—the movement
of 'Revolution Sunday' is in the coming and going from the
island...Obejas succeeds in capturing the sense of doom, the
weather of half-truths and paranoia, floating at the edges of
Cleo’s Cuba."—Jaime Lalinde, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"[A] Kafkaesque art thriller... Havana’s slow political thaw brings
new texture and urgency to the genre of political
paranoia."—NYMAG.COM / VULTURE
"Sensual, atmospheric" —Jane Ciabattari, BBC.com
"Guerra brings in her knowledge of media and storytelling, creating
a rich backdrop before which this narrative unfolds."—VOL. 1
BROOKLYN
"Fascinating...it's eye-opening in more ways than
one."—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Unclassifiable...beautiful"—CRIME READS / LIT HUB
“Not to be missed”—BUSTLE
"Darkly funny… about art, sex, writing, government surveillance and
identity…all very relevant to a lot of us these days.”—BOOK
RIOT
"Revolution Sunday is, by turns, a psychological mystery; an
examination of the mind-bending strangeness of surveillance
culture; a meditation on the varieties of exile; and an ode to the
saving power of art, literature in particular. Guerra writes with
this wonderful, sharp lyric abandon—and is frequently very, very
funny."—BOMB MAGAZINE
"Genre-defying... Guerra fuses poetry and prose to track the
hallucinatory lives of both her protagonist and her country... Achy
Obejas’s translation deftly reproduces the searing and ethereal
quality of Guerra’s voice, one that is ultimately in pursuit of
liberation from the confines of politics and fear....Guerra writes
a world where there is no escape from the potency of her
poetics."—ASYMPTOTE JOURNAL
“Guerra’s Revolution Sunday is a story about the nature
of art in the face of censorship and surveillance, and shows how
the survival of art mirrors the survival of the soul.” —ARKANSAS
INTERNATIONAL
“With lyrical prose and on-target character development, Guerra
tells Cleo’s story with a razor-like touch. …packed with pathos and
humanity.”—BOOKREPORTER.COM
"Arresting, an explosive portrait of loneliness and isolation.
Thick with the atmosphere of... Havana on the cusp of the Cuban
thaw, the novel reads like the world's most poetic anxiety dream,
vibrant and stifling. Demanding and unforgettable." —*starred*
KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Lyrical and potent... Guerra’s captivating tale is an
intriguing depiction of art amid corruption, and a reminder of the
power in a singular voice.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"[A] lyrical and breathless novel... Guerra’s novel is a
riveting look into the lives of artists attempting free expression
in censored regimes." —BOOKLIST
"Revolution Sunday brilliantly portrays the strangeness and
dislocation of surveillance and exile... I love the sharpness of
the voice, the gorgeous prose, and the surreal humor." —Laura van
den Berg, author of The Third Hotel
"Wendy Guerra does a spectacular job of laying out the troubles and
paranoias of living in Cuba as a radical artist." —Sara
Balabanlilar, BRAZOS BOOKSTORE
"Fans of Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and Ottessa Moshfegh will find
Guerra a welcome addition to their bookshelves. Her work offers a
glimpse into modern Havana in an age of rapid sociopolitical
change."—THE PACIFIC STANDARD
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