{"product_id":"9781939879165","title":"Fidel: A Play in Two Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eExiled to Mexico, Fidel Castro plots—along with his brother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaúl and Ernesto “Che” Guevara—to overthrow the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egovernment of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. What Fidel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoes not anticipate is falling in love with a Mexican school\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eteacher, Lía Cámara. He must, however, abandon her to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewage revolution in Cuba. Months after consolidating power,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe sends for her. She flies to Havana and is received as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edignitary. She tours Cuba and decides to stay, where she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrows herself in establishing a rural school system to bring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliteracy to millions of Cuban peasants. In short order,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehowever, she begins to have misgiving as the Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etakes a dark, totalitarian turn. Torn between her love for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFidel, who has asked her to marry him and become the First\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLady of Cuba, and her convictions, she abruptly decides to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleave Cuba. Heartbroken, Fidel goes about his Revolution—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elashing out with anger and terror against his political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopponents—but across the decades, the former lovers remain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003every much in each other’s minds—and hearts. The last\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtact takes place in November 2015, a year before he died\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the age of 90.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime: 1955-1961\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlace: Cuba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hispanic Economics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033541001456,"sku":"9781939879165","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939879165_p0.jpg?v=1763667854","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939879165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}