Quo Vadis, Cuba?

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Cuando la oralidad era imperante, siete soldados de la Monarquía sintieron la necesidad de escribir sus autobiografías en la primera mitad del siglo xvii. Entre ellos, el capitán Alonso de Contreras, cuya obra, vital, cautivó a Ortega y Gasset. Con sus plumas retrataron al Imperio, del Mediterráneo al Índico. Esa fotografía del Leviatán —el Estado Moderno—, en sus años formativos, constituye el principal propósito de este libro, en un acercamiento pragmático, inmerso en la cotidianidad, jocosa o trágica. Se siguen vidas a «salto de mata», rescatando sus sueños y tropelías, ...

Recuento del autor sobre los hechos y personas que impregnaron la etapa Vasconcelista que le tocó vivir. En los relatos aparecen consignados todos aquellos acontecimientos que precedieron al declive de ese capítulo de la historia contemporánea.

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