El Manana

Memorias de un exodo cubano (Texto Completo) [Tomorrow ]

By: Mirta Ojito

Narrated by: Mirta Ojito

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Pultizer Prize-winner Mirta Ojito offers the intriguing story of her exodus from Cuba. In 1980, 25,000 Cuban immigrants arrived in America, dubbed Marielitos for the port from which they departed. Ojito was 16. This audiobook is both a detailed history of the Mariel boatlift and the touching memoir of an immigrant who struggled to find herself in a new world.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©2006 Mirta Ojito (P)2007 Recorded Books

Excellent-Brought me to tears!!!

This book truely gave me a better understanding of what type of people Cubans are and what the Cubans have and still are going thru in Cuba. I came to the USA when I was 6 in 1972 and even though my parents told me of the struggles I didn't quite get it...until now. A must read for all, especially Cuban-Americans.

Excelente descripción de Cuba desde su realidad

Would you consider the audio edition of El Manana to be better than the print version?

La narración hecha por la autora es emocionante y revela de viva voz la historia de los Marielitos, pero en carne propia. Muy recomendable

What did you like best about this story?

La historia contada con los ojos de una niña y el rigor periodístico de una reportera

Excelente novela del éxodo del Mariel en Cuba de los 80

Novela narrada por la autora del libro que cuenta la experiencia propia vivida por ella en su juventud cuando, producto del ingreso de un bus a la embajada de Perú en La Habana, se produjo un conflicto diplomático entre Perú y Cuba, ya que el gobierno peruano se negó a entregar a los asilados. En este conflicto se vio envuelto luego EEUU, quien autorizó, con aquiescencia de Fidel Castro, que cubanos residentes en EEUU pudieran ir a buscar en naves mercantes a sus familiares. Lo que Jimmy Cárter no previó fue el aprovechamiento de Fidel Castro, quien autorizó el zarpe de las naves en la medida que también se llevarán a otras personas especialmente seleccionadas, a los que el régimen llamaba los indeseables, como reclusos, homosexuales y toda persona que significará una carga. Producto de ese éxodo llegaron a Miami cerca de 126.000 cubanos, produciéndose una oleada de problemas en Miami en particular que llevó incluso a Jimmy Carter a perder la reelección. Novela muy documentada, muy bien escrita y que emociona porque proviene de la mano de una persona que vivió en carne propia los acontecimientos del puente marítimo del puerto del Mariel.

Riveting, truthful,

Being Cuban, listening to this book reinforced what I already knew of the plight of Cubans after Castro’s takeover in 1959.
The author being also the narrator gave the story the emotion and feeling that many Cubans, including my family, felt as they left a country uncertain of ever seeing it again. I only wish this book would have also been done as an audio book in English, I know many people who would want to hear the plight of the Cuban people. Listening to stories such as this one really brings their suffering and desire for freedom to light, especially with the current events happening on the island nation where freedom is still not at the reach of its people. Thank you Mirta Ojito for sharing your family’s experience in such a raw and authentic manner. Great listen!

muy bueno 👌

ok .buena narración por la autora y bastante fiel a la verdad 👍 😉

Me gusto mucho. Lo recomiendo!

What made the experience of listening to El Manana the most enjoyable?

Muy buena narracion y la historia muy entretenida, una vez que comence no pude parar de escucharla.

Any additional comments?

Me gusto mucho saber mas de los sucesos del Mariel y la embajada del Peru , sobre todo por los detalles que incluyen.

Lectura obligada para los cubanos.

Testimonio desgarrador de los sucesos de la embajada de Perú y su relación con la crisis del puente marítimo de Mariel en 1980 en Cuba.

And that’s the way it was..

Ms Ojito probably doesn’t remember me but we attended the same graduate level courses back in the late 80s in Miami. She owned her identity as a Marielita then and how refreshing to hear she still does today. And how could it be otherwise - a riveting and dramatic chapter in the lives of so many. Listening to her relay her story stirred me. Her recounting of the events surrounding the Peruvian embassy carried the zeitgeist that those days had - charged with tension, anticipation and a sense that something historical was indeed occurring. I would love to see someone with Ms Ojito’s journalistic talents tackle an incident like the sinking of the tugboat “13 de Marzo” or even the singular story, mostly forgotten, of Capitán Tondique also known as Mario Lanza Flores - an Afro Cuban farmer and inspiration.