Habana Año Cero [Spanish]

By Karla Suárez Suárez

Book Overview

Sexo, mentiras e historia cient fica convergen en La Habana en el a o 1993.

"Era como si hubi ramos alcanzado el punto cr tico m nimo de una curva matem tica. Tiene presente una par bola? El cero de abajo, el hueco, el abismo. Hasta ah llegamos."Corre el a o 1993. Cuba est en lo m s lgido del Per odo Especial, un profunda crisis econ mica tras el colapso del bloque sovi tico.Para Julia, una profesora de matem tica que detesta ense ar, La Habana est en su a o cero: el punto m s bajo, camino a ninguna parte. Desesperada por tomar las riendas de su vida, Julia se une a Euclides, su colega y ex amante, para emprender la b squeda del documento que compruebe que el tel fono fue inventado por Antonio Meucci, en La Habana. Creen que esta es la respuesta para proteger su reputaci n y darle a Cuba un nuevo prop sito.A partir de este punto cero, Julia da inicio a una investigaci n que la acercar a dos hombres que prometen guiarla hasta el documento, y que la ver involucrada en un enredado misterio de pasi n, legados familiares y las complejidades de c mo la gente encuentra maneras de sobrevivir en un pa s que vive la m s terrible de sus crisis.

"It was as if we'd reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That's how low we sank."

The year is 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc.For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, Havana is at Year Zero: the lowest possible point, going nowhere. Desperate to seize control of her life, Julia teams up with her colleague and former lover, Euclid, to seek out a document that proves the telephone was invented by Antonio Meucci in Havana, convinced it is the answer to secure their reputations and give Cuba a purpose once more.From this point zero, Julia sets out on an investigation to befriend two men who could help lead to the document's whereabouts, and must pick apart a tangled mystery of sex, family legacies and the intricacies of how people find ways to survive in a country at its lowest ebb.

Sex, lies, and scientific history collide in 1993 Havana.

It was as if we'd reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That's how low we sank.

The year is 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc.For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, this is Year Zero: the lowest possible point. But a way out appears: the search for a missing document that will prove the telephone was invented in Havana, secure her reputation, and give Cuba a purpose once more. What begins as an investigation into scientific history becomes a tangle of sex, friendship, family legacies, and the intricacies of how people find ways to survive in a country at its lowest ebb.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 1913867080
• ISBN13: 9781913867089
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Charco Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"