Breve historia de Cuba (“A Short History of Cuba”)
by Jaime Suchlicki

ISBN 0971436681, Trade paper / French cover, 6 x 9, 352 pages with photos, Autumn 2006, $28.95

"Lively, accessible, informative—for 15 years I have used the various English editions of this book in my courses on Cuba at Harvard College."

Scatter My Ashes Over Havana
by Olga Karman


ISBN 0976509644, French cover, 6 x 9, 152 pages with photos, Summer 2006, $17.95

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A Bridge in Darkness
by Carlos Victoria

ISBN 0971436649, Trade cloth, 6 x 9, 192 pages, January 2005, $25 

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HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
This is the first-ever publication in Spanish of Jaime Suchlicki‘s classic work Cuba: From Columbus to Castro, first published in 1974, which has had five editions in English. Professor Suchlicki‘s narrative takes the reader on a fast-paced, informative journey from the origins of Cuban society to a clear explanation of its present crisis. Jaime Suchlicki directs the Cuban studies program at the University of Miami.

PUREPLAY PRESS A WINNER IN INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS

Breve historia de Cuba by Jaime Suchlicki, published by Pureplay Press in late 2006, has won Best Book of the Year from the International Latino Book Awards in the Spanish-language History/Politics category. The contest results were announced on Thursday, May 31 at Book Expo America in New York.

While these awards carry no financial gift, their prestige is high. Major publishers, along with independents like Pureplay Press, compete for them.

Breve historia de Cuba is the second book from Pureplay Press to win a “Best of the Year” from the Latino Book Awards. The first, in 2004, was our bilingual poetry book, Por el camino de Sade/Sade’s Way by Néstor Díaz de Villegas. The award to Suchlicki’s book carries extra significance, given the topicality of its subject matter and Cuba’s ongoing political crisis.

The International Latino Book Awards is a nine-year-old contest, organized by the California-based group Latino Literacy Now. This year, contestants submitted books in 58 categories. The number of entries, according to the awards’ organizers, constituted a record high.