The Cigar Roller, Pablo Medina
The Cigar Roller, Pablo Medina
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The Cigar Roller

Author: Pablo Medina

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 5 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/27/2005

Synopsis

Amadeo Terra, former cigarfactory worker, is confined in a Florida hospital after a paralyzing stoke. His body no longer works, but his mind is very much alive. One day, the taste of mango on his tongue brings memories flooding back of his life in Havana, including some longburied facts.

About Pablo Medina

Pablo Medina is an experienced author, poet, and professor of English. The author of over sixteen books, he has had work appear in periodicals and magazines around the world. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including grants from the Rockefeller and Oscar B. Cintas foundations. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jailynn on October 01, 2017

I feel like this book is definitely not everyone's cup of tea but it was mine. It goes from flashbacks to the present without a clear transition, events are not in chronological order, and there aren't quotation marks for any of the dialogues. Now, none of this bothered me because I saw how it was i......more

Goodreads review by Christopherseelie on August 12, 2008

A fantastic little novel about a Cuban patriarch looking back upon his life and deeds for the first time. The plot unfolds much like Johnny Got His Gun. The narrator cannot speak, move, or control his bodily functions after having a stroke. The settings of the Cuban countryside, Havana, Ybor City in......more

Goodreads review by C.T. on October 30, 2020

"The Cigar Roller," by Pablo Medina, is the story of Amadeo Terra, a former Cigar roller trapped in a dying body after a stroke. Unable to communicate or move or control his functions, he remains aware of everything around him and reflects on a past for which there will never be absolution. It is wri......more

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