Everyone Leaves

”[A] classic story… that delivers real news from Cuba in a lyrical way” — NPR“A genuine experience, both of life and literature. [Guerra] describes a difficult life, both at the personal level and in society, without prejudices of any kind.” — Eduardo Mendoza, author of City of Wonders”A gripping story of wry contradictions and confusion.” — Booklist

Wendy Guerra (Havana, 1970) is a Cuban poet and novelist. Guerra has contributed to different magazines and newspapers, including the Spanish daily El Mundo and The Miami Herald, where she currently writes about arts and literature. Guerra’s first collection of poetry, Platea a oscuras, won her a prize from the University of Havana when she was barely 17 years old. She won the Bruguera Prize in 2006. Although her novels have been translated into several languages, only one of them has been published in Cuba. She has always lived in Havana.