"Nothing explains our vexed world quite like Cuba and no one anywhere writes more brilliantly, more prophetically, more impossibly than Iván de la Nuez. As in all of his finest work, Cubanthropy delivers you beyond your old horizons into a realm of startling possibilities. Do not miss this extraordinary book or this extraordinary warlock of a writer." –Junot Díaz, author of This Is How You Lose Her
"Cubanthropy may just be the smartest writing on Cuba–and beyond–I've read in ages. Insightful, unsparing, funny, and with an unerring eye for the paradoxical, Iván de la Nuez has written the definitive compilation on 21st-century Cuba. Essential reading for all who care about how the past, present, and future are disturbingly converging on the island, and off." –Cristina García, author of forthcoming Vanishing Maps
"What would the so-called End of History look like if it were viewed not from Washington or Moscow, Berlin or Beijing, but from Havana? With cosmopolitan sophistication and acerbic wit, Cubanthropy throws a wrench into a number of received ideas about global politics and culture in the post-communist period, not least of which is what counts as center and what counts as periphery." –Ryan Ruby, author of The Zero and the One
