Luis Marcelino Gómez, a Cuban doctor and writer, interned in an Angolan hospital from 1980 to 1982, during that country’s civil war. Here, he gathers 11 stories about his experience, focusing on the life and customs of the locals he met, Angola’s Portuguese culture, and its African landscape. The wide range of genres offered here, from first person narratives to personal letters Gómez wrote to a friend he left in Cuba, will keep readers interested. Vallejo’s colorful illustrations take readers from Cuba to Africa, depicting local fauna and flora, as well as each country’s political landscape. (See Around the World in Six Books).

Also in Spanish:

http://www.letralia.com/120/articulo03.htm

http://www.mundoculturalhispano.com/spip/spip.php?article824

http://arch1.cubaencuentro.com/cultura/20040602/c36aebbd8a196d00713730097d21b692/1.html

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2005/05/PELISSIER/12219