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WINNER

Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-monde Prize (2012)

WINNER

Insular Book Award (France, 2012)

‘Suárez applies chaos theory to Cuba, starting with the events of 1959 and expanding to take in ideas about the relationship between science and literature, in the vein of Queneau and Sábato, Calvino and the Oulipo group.’

Le Temps (Switzerland)

‘A brilliant, joyful and beautiful novel that unfolds to the precise, musical and harmonic rhythm of finely chiselled chapters that betray the author’s training as an engineer.’

Leer (Spain)

‘Equal parts historical novel, comedy of errors and detective story, Suárez portrays with extraordinary voluptuousity and suggestiveness one of the toughest periods of this Caribbean island whose future still hangs in the balance.’

El Mundo (Spain)

‘The characters move between romantic relationships and simulations, in search of a chimera that perhaps is nothing more than an attempt to prove that life in Havana has not come to a complete halt.’

Telérama (France)

‘The original plot, narrated like a mathematical conundrum, and the apocalyptic portrait of Havana in 1993 are two of the great attractions of this novel.’

La Libre Belgique (Belgium)

‘With incisive and restrained language, Suárez portrays a country ravaged by the economic crisis, where Cubans must struggle and dream every day to make life a little more bearable.’

Le Matin d’Algérie (Algeria)

‘Her writing is rich in the ingredients typical of the best literature: a good story, with rhythm and flow, but also sensibility, elegance, intelligence and a sense of humour.’

Duas margens (Portugal)