Stock photo. Cover may not represent actual copy or condition available.
Dirty Havana Trilogy
by Pedro Juan Gutierrez ; Natasha Wimmer
ISBN: 0374140162
ISBN-13: 9780374140168
Format: Hardcover
|
Summary
This collection of connected short stories is set in Havana, where an ex-journalist named (like the author) Pedro Juan is a garbageman, dope-seller, and hustler. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
Customer Reviews
Be the first to review this book!
Media Reviews
"[G]rotesquely compelling....DIRTY HAVANA TRILOGY goes on too long, but Pedro Juan Gutiérrez appears destined to become a cult writer." -- Stephen Henighan
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 2001
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 392
Publisher's Notes
A modern, episodic novel of Cuba follows Pedro Juan, an ex-radio journalist, as he struggles to survive in the crumbling old city of Havana.
Other Editions
Similar books
Studs Lonigan
by James T. Farrell
The Rabbit Factory
by Larry Brown
A wealthy social misfit, his much-younger wife, a runaway, and a big-hearted prostitute find their lives intersecting in the wake of quirky gangster activities, strait-laced professors, and fast-and-loose police officers.
Samaritan
by Richard Price
After a lucrative television writing career comes to an abrupt end, ex–high school teacher Ray Mitchell returns to the New Jersey city of his birth—to rethink his life, reconnect with his teenage daughter and to spread the wealth on the housing project that reared him. He begins teaching again, embarks on an affair with a married woman from the old neighborhood and becomes a mentor to a former student recently released from jail. Then, disaster: he is found beaten nearly to death in his own apartment. He knows who did it, but he’s not talking, and he refuses to press charges. It is up to Detective Nerese Ammons—a childhood acquaintance from the projects—to get Ray to tell her what happened. Alternating between investigations of the people in Ray’s life most likely to do him harm and listening to his fevered ramblings about their shared past as he slips in and out of consciousness, Nerese is charged not only with uncovering the perpetrator of this assault but with understanding what kind of victim is more afraid of the truth than of his potential murderer. The Washington Post Book World has hailed Richard Price as having “the best equipment a novelist can have—that combination of muscularity, insight and compassion we might call heart.” Samaritan is an electrifying story of crime and punishment, of character and place, of children and their keepers—a novel of literary suspense that explores what happens when, caught up in the drama of one’s own generosity, too little is given, too little is understood and the results threaten to prove both tragic and deadly.
Tepper Isn't Going Out
by Calvin Trillin
Murray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to read the newspaper in peace. But he reads while sitting behind the wheel of his parked car, and his car always seems to be in a particularly desirable parking spot. Not surprisingly, he is regularly interrupted by drivers who want to know if he is going out. Tepper isn’t going out. Why not? His explanations tend to be rather literal: the indisputable fact, for instance, that he has twenty minutes left on the meter. Tepper’s behavior sometimes irritates the people who want his spot. (“Is that where you live? Is that car rent-controlled?”) It also irritates the mayor—Frank Ducavelli, known in tabloid headlines as Il Duce—who sees Murray Tepper as a harbinger of what His Honor always calls “the forces of disorder.” But once New Yorkers become aware of Tepper, some of them begin to suspect that he knows something they don’t know. And an ever-increasing number of them are willing to line up for the opportunity to sit in his car with him and find out. Tepper Isn’t Going Out is a wise and witty story of an ordinary man who, perhaps innocently, changes the world around him.
From Bondage
by Henry Roth
Written in the last year of his life, From Bondage presents Henry Roth's most powerful novel ever. Capturing the dizzying vitality of the 1920s and the literary world of Manhattan, Roth sets the stage for one of the most memorable literary romances of this century, the story of a young man's love affair with his professor.
|
|
Ready to buy this book?
Below are all of the copies of 0374140162 we currently have available for purchase, sorted by lowest price first. If you would like to refine your search, use the advanced options in the search box above.
|
|
1)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Gutierrez, Pedro Juan; Wimmer, Natasha
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001 Hardcover. Sound, clean & very nice copy, hint of edgewear. Jacket is bright & clean, light rubbing/edgewear. Not price clipped.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
2)
|
DIRTY HAVANA TRILOGY (Qty: 2)
GUTIERREZ, PEDRO JUA
MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS SERVICES, 101. HARDBACK. VG/VG. ( more information) Offered by Elliott Bay Book Company (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
3)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Gutierrez, Pedro Juan; Wimmer, Natasha
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001 This is an Uncorrected Proof trade paperback in Near Fine condition. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. 390 pages. Room 1 - Wall. Uncorrected Proof. ( more information) Offered by Books Inc (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
4)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Gutierrez, Pedro Juan; Wimmer, Natasha
: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good/Very Good. 2001. Hard Cover. 0374140162 . ( more information) Offered by bookstore brengelman (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
5)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Gutierrez,Pedro Juan
New York, New York USA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First American Edition stated with no additional printings specified. The book and unclipped jacket display only very moderate wear, mainly at the head and foot of the spine as well as the four corners. The book is free of internal or remainder markings. The book stands straight and lays flat. ( more information) Offered by Wolfgang Books (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
6)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Pedro Juan Gutierrez; Translator-Natasha Wimmer
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001-01. Hardcover. New. NEW. First American Edition stated. Brand New with very light shelfwear. Pristine copy of this collectible book. Hardcover. 100% Money Back Guarantee on all Items. We ship DAILY with free delivery confirmation. Choose expedited for FAST delivery. We believe in providing accurate grading on used books and excellent customer service. Five Star Seller with thousands of satisfied customers... buy with confidence. ( more information) Offered by Chronicles Bookstore (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
7)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Gutierrez, Pedro Juan
NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by SYLVESTER & ORPHANOS (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
8)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
GUTIERREZ, Pedro Juan
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0374140162 . Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . ( more information) Offered by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
9)
|
Dirty Havana Trilogy
Gutierrez, Pedro Juan
Farrar Straus Giroux. Hardcover. 0374140162 BRAND NEW * NO MARKS * GIFT QUALITY * 1st American Edition SHIPS QUICKLY WITH TRACKING NUMBER. . New. ( more information) Offered by MORGANA INC (United States)
Favorite bookseller : you've previously added this bookseller to your favorites list.
|
|
|
0 items in cart
Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved. Some content for books is owned by Baker & Taylor, Inc. or its licensors and is subject to copyright and all other protections provided by applicable law.
