Memories of Underdevelopment

A blistering examination of cultural and political underdevelopment set in the Cuban revolution, this classic Cuban novel was originally published in 1965 and was promptly adapted to film. Malabre is a prosperous Havana businessman whose wife, family, and friends flee in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs. He remains behind to confront his ambivalent feelings about the revolution and his dissatisfaction with his own life.