Waves

by José Ramón Torres

Overview

Waves plunges the reader into a world of dominoes, rum, cigars, sex, drugs, boleros and sharks, while weaving together three episodes of Cuban mass migration to the United States. A book about Cuba which doesn’t side with left or right, but with ordinary people, suffocated by circumstances. A tribute to migrants, their hopes and sacrifices.

José Ramón Torres (Havana, 1963) completed his university studies in English Language and Literature at University of Havana and a PhD program in Education at University of Barcelona. He has worked as a university professor, translator, interpreter, TV presenter, proofreader, localization project and language manager, telephone operator, porter and street seller. Waves is his first foray into fiction after several academic publications.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152081244
Publisher:	José Ramón Torres
Publication date:	12/01/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	399 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

José Ramón Torres was born and raised in Cuba, where he spent 32 years of his life. He completed his university studies in English Language and Literature at University of Havana and a PhD program in Education (Language Teaching) at University of Barcelona. In Havana, Vancouver, Barcelona and Cambridge (where he is currently based with his wife and two children), he has worked as a language teacher, translator, interpreter, TV presenter, proofreader, localisation project and language manager, telephone operator, porter and street seller. His first novel, of around 63,000 words, written in Spanish and entitled Olas (Waves), draws a parallel between three major Cuban migration episodes and, to some extent, describes the political wrangling between Fidel Castro and various US administrations. But above all it narrates the misadventures of three members of a Cuban family who decide to emigrate to the US after individually seeing for themselves that they cannot lead a satisfactory life on the island. Before writing this first work of fiction, he had only published academic articles, mostly on phonetics and language teaching. He is now embarked on the writing of a second novel: a trip in the opposite direction of Olas, from the First to the Third World, as he follows its male protagonist from a privileged childhood in Hong Kong to boarding school in the North of England, Cambridge University, The City of London and Cuba. More about him on his website (http://www.joseramontorres.com) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jrtorresaguila).