A powerful account of the decline of the Cuban Revolution, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens. ''Masterful... Dore uses oral history to tell a history of Cuba from the bottom up'' Professor Linda Gordon ''A vital addition to Cuba''s rich oral tradition'' Will Grant, BBC Cuba Correspondent ''Opens wide a window on the last forty years of Cuban history'' Professor Gerald Martin ''To have gathered these life stories together with such grace, eloquence and trust is a towering achievement'' Professor Ruth BeharCuba is not the country it used to be. The regime is disintegrating, and unprecedented protest marches are challenging the gerontocratic Communist Party leadership.How Things Fall Apart reveals the decay of this political system through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens. Born in the 1970s and 80s, these men and women recount how their lives changed over a tumultuous stretch of thirty-five years: first when Fidel ope
