From Monday to Saturday, Mary is a young and talented artist in the artistic, bohemian and fringe circles of Havana. But on Sundays, Mary becomes the sex toy of a high official of the regime. Her condition as a woman and artist, bisexual and alienated from Castroism, inevitably pushes her towards social exclusion, and Mary begins to need a reason to remain in Cuba.

Featuring a host of unforgettable and irreverent members of the underground Havana, this novel raises important questions which a new whole generation is finding increasingly difficult to ignore.

A bold, defiant novel from Cuba's underground, where art, identity and resistance collide.

About the Author

Martha Luisa Hernandez Cadenas (Martica Minipunto) was born in Guantanamo in 1991 and is a playwright, writer, and performer. She studied Theater Studies at the University of the Arts, ISA. She has published the poetry collections Dias de hormigas (Ed. Union, 2018), which won the 2017 David Poetry Prize, Los vegueros (Sureditores Collection, 2019), and El Palacio de las Ursulinas (Ed. La Luz, 2021). Her novel La puta y el huron, edited by Sabina Urraca and published by Caballo de Troya in 2023, won the Franz Kafka Novel Prize in 2020 and an English PEN Translates Award 2024. Her performance works include Nueve (2017), No soy unicornio (2019), and Escribir con la lengua (2022). Her work has been presented in Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Canada, and Switzerland. The performance No soy unicornio received the ZKB Acknowledgement Prize at the 2022 Zurcher Theater Spektakel.

Book Information
ISBN 9781738459452
Author Martha Luisa Hernandez Cadenas
Format Paperback
Imprint Heloise Press
Publisher Heloise Press
Weight(grams) 181g