"A vision from the spirit, anchored in the power of the poetic word to transcend the suffering--and even the annihilation--of the individual."--Reinaldo Sanchez, Florida International University
"A panoramic view of Cuban cultural history under Castro's dictatorship . . . written with the urgency of a first-hand account by a person who lived those years under incredible hardships."--Ana Maria Fagundo, University of California at Riverside

Angel Cuadra was a prisoner of conscience, sentenced to one of Castro's gulags in 1967 for conspiracy. He became a forgotten man in his own...