| 27/12/2020 – 19:18 (GMT-4)
Cuban actress Lynn Creu publishes her first novel entitled Terminal, Presented by Editorial Hypermedia.
“A new title from our collection‘ Under the Radar ’, dedicated to the most recent Cuban narrative,” writer and editor Ladislao Aguado, director of Hypermedia, wrote on Facebook.
Aguado also shared an excerpt from the novel that reads: “I was let in. In a dimly lit room, Fidel was asleep. Full of needles … appliances … artificial respiration. How fragile I am? he seemed then. He was a body, a mass of flesh and bones … motionless. “
The novel is now available on Amazon for $ 17.90, as can be seen on the online sales platform.
“I’m floating. My novel has finally seen the light of day. At Hypermedia, on Amazon. Thank you to everyone who accompanied me on this trip that began in 2012,” the author expressed on Facebook .
The cover of the book was by artist Samuel Riera, whom Lynn Creu publicly thanked.
The novel received an honorable mention in 2018 from the Frank Kafka Novel Award, although it had not been published until now. On this occasion the jury stressed that “its quality and strength”, in addition to describing it as “an excellent political reflection.
Lynn Cruz is known as an actress for feature films no one, A documentary dedicated to the censored Cuban writer Rafael Alcides, i Blue heart, A fiction film, both directed independently by Cuban filmmaker Miguel Coyula.
In addition, Lynn Cruz collaborates as a writer in places like Hypermedia Magazine, The magazine of the same publisher that published his book, or Havana Times, The latter cost him that in 2018 he was fired from his official job for the Cuban agency Actuar.
In addition the actress was very culturally active. In 2018, he also prepared the play Patriotism 36-77, which addressed the issue of censorship in Cuba. In addition, Creu is a collaborator of the Hannah Arendt Institute of Artistry (INSTAR), founded by the artist Tania Bruguera to create a political and social awareness within art.
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