Publisher's Synopsis
Marianos World is a collection of a Cuban exiles art. From January 1, 1959 (Castros ascension to power) to October 22, 1962 (the Missile Crisis), over a quarter million Cubans sought political refuge in the U.S.A. The "Golden Exiles"--for their collectively unprecedented success achieved within just one generation--were themselves children of immigrants. Their parents had settled in Cuba, worked hard, achieved economic security, and educated their children who became the professional middle class, the island's backbone and the source of its prosperity in the 1950s. Mariano's World tells the story of these migrations through the history of two families from a small town in Cuba. The narrative centers around one man, Mariano Rodrguez Tormo, whose paintings, ink drawings and caricatures reflect his life and times. This is the story of how these adaptable and resilient people survived, even triumphed, in the face of historic events and natural forces that shaped--and sometimes destroyed--their world.
