WAITING FOR SNOW IN
“…But the most memorable quality of Waiting for Snow in Havana is its sense of emotional authenticity, of spontaneous testimony, which comes out in a disorderly, urgent stream of images and recollections. Reading groups may wish to debate how much this artlessness is actually the deliberate craft of the writer. This memoir will in particular reward those who enjoy talking about storytelling and the tension between necessary "fiction" and slippery facts. Using the methods of a masterful novelist,
I agree that Waiting for Snow in Havana incorporates spontaneous testimony, which is one of the parts that I liked best about the book. It really sounded like someone was telling you a series of stories because there would be random interjections. The "disorderly, urgent stream of images and recollections" led me to love this memoir.
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