| 词条 | Telex from Cuba |
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| name = Telex from Cuba | title_orig = | translator = | image = | image_size = | caption = First edition hardcover | author = Rachel Kushner | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Novel | publisher = Scribner | release_date = July 1, 2008 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback) | pages = 322 pp (first edition, hardback) | isbn = 9781416561033 | isbn_note = (first edition, hardback) | dewey= 813.6 | congress= PS3611.U7386T45 2008 | oclc= 175289956 | preceded_by = | followed_by = The Flamethrowers }}Telex from Cuba is the 2008 debut novel of writer Rachel Kushner. The novel follows a group of anglo-expatriates living in Cuba during the Cuban revolution and was loosely based on Kushner's mother's experience growing up in Cuba on territory occupied by the United Fruit Company.[1] PlotSet in Cuba during Fulgencio Batista's reign as dictator, the novel follows the intersecting lives of several families of white American expatriates, the men of which work for the United Fruit Company. Several Americans who, back home, would have been of different classes and never mixed, become close while living in Cuba. K.C. Stites, the son of the CEO, with the encouragement of his mother, grows close with Everly Lederer, the daughter of a man who was considered weak and ineffectual back home. His best friend is from the Allain family whom the Stites consider hillbillys and who is rumoured to have killed a man back in America. The Carrington's are a couple who lived in Latin America for most of their lives and have a bitter acerbic marriage. Tip Carrington regularly cheats on his wife and Mrs. Carrington has turned to alcohol in order to help. In 1958 the rebel forces begin to grow stronger and gain sympathy from several of the children of the white ex-patriates. K.C's older brother Del runs off to join the rebels and helps to organize attacks against his father. After a bomb goes off in the United Fruit Company's prestigious club the white Americans are forced to evacuate by their government. Characters
ReceptionThe novel received positive reviews upon its release. A review for The New York Times called the style of the novel "sure and sharp, studded with illuminating images."[2] The Guardian dubbed it "an epic and enjoyable look at wealth tainted by loss in expatriate Cuba."[3] AdaptationParamount Television and Anonymous Content are producing a series based on the novel. The adaptation is by Phyllis Nagy and she will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Rosalie Swedlin and Adam Shulman of Anonymous Content are also executive producing the series.[4]References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Haskell|first1=Arlo|title=A Brief Interim of Sheer Possibility a conversation with Rachel Kushner|url=http://www.kwls.org/littoral/a_brief_interim_of_sheer_possi/|accessdate=10 January 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Cokal|first1=Susann|title=Livin’ La Vida Local|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/review/Cokal-t.html|accessdate=10 January 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Enright|first1=Anne|title=Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner review – the last days of the Americans|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/23/telex-from-cuba-rachel-kushner-review|accessdate=10 January 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Otterson|first1=Joe|title=‘Carol’ Screenwriter to Produce ‘Telex From Cuba’ Series for Paramount, Anonymous Content|url=http://www.thewrap.com/carol-screenwriter-to-produce-telex-from-cuba-series-for-paramount-anonymous-content/ |website=thewrap.com|accessdate=22 July 2016}} 3 : 2008 American novels|Debut novels|Novels set in Cuba |
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