WRITINGS ON THE SAND: (ESCRITOS SOBRE LA ARENA)

The author was born in Santiago de Cuba. His father, Bonifacio Haza Grasso, was a member of the National Police, and often was transferred from town to town bringing his family with him. The writer narrates in chronological order, stories that elicit laughter and tears, woe and wonder, as he lived through extraordinary situations witnessed from a vantage point rarely accessible to most people.

He learned at an early age that sometimes things are not quite as they seem. That while it is commo...