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Regreso a mi son sin clave is a novel about the trials and tribulations of a young Cuban emigre who lives in Miami. After leaving his country, Alejandro, attempts to put his past behind him and go on with his new life. However, he befriends a man, Jesus, who convinces him to return to Cuba to reconnect with his long-forgotten relatives and his culture. Alejandro decides to go back, in spite of his father's objections, but he has no idea what awaits him on the island. He has no idea he will be hit in the face with everything he wanted to forget and more.

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In a quest to find his old lover, Elipsio finds himself in Chicago, a city radically alien to him and his Colombian roots. Set in the 1970s, this novel masterfully combines a love story with the reality of great cultural transformations in the United States, seen through the eyes of a Latino immigrant. Beatniks, hippies, ghettos, mafias, and clandestine revolutions tell Elipsio's adventurous tale. De una caja de galletas todas en pedazos vienen sentimientos de solidaridad entre un grupo de jóvenes en este cuento rico que enseña los resueltados positivos, y sentimientos buenos, que produce...

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