| Summary: | 'Living Inside the Revolution' offers a unique and fascinating insight into the day-to-day life of an Irish woman who spent six years living and working in Havana. This is a memoir, a portrait of the author’s life in the final years of Fidel Castro’s rule as president of Cuba.
Karen McCartney was employed by the Communist Party newspaper Granma International as a translator in 1999. After a year she left and went on to work as a freelance journalist in Cuba, a tour facilitator and teacher, until she finally returned home to Ireland in 2005. Living Inside the Revolution recounts her experiences over those years with humour and despair. She opens a window on to a society and a people immersed in the complex dynamics of revolution, socialism and poverty. This book is a must for anyone who wishes to develop a deeper acquaintance with Cuba, one that goes beyond the beaches and the façades of Old Havana.
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