Memory Mambo
A Novel
August 1996
Trade Paperback · 200 Pages
$19.95 U.S. · €14.99 E.U.
ISBN 9781573440172
Cleis Press
Trade Paperback · 200 Pages
$19.95 U.S. · €14.99 E.U.
ISBN 9781573440172
Cleis Press
Recommended for These Courses
- Language and Literature: Fiction
- Language and Literature: Lesbian
- Women's and Gender Studies: Lesbian Studies
Description
Memory Mambo describes the life of Juani Casas, a 25-year-old Cuban-born American lesbian who manages her family's laundromat in Chicago while trying to cope with family, work, love, sex, and the weirdness of North American culture. Achy Obejas's writing is sharp and mordantly funny. She understands perfectly how the romance of exile—from a homeland as well as from heterosexuality—and the mundane reality of everyday life balance one another. Memory Mambo is ultimately very moving in its depiction of what it means to find a new and finally safe sense of home.