Havana. Just saying the name evokes images of bright Caribbean colors, American cars with fins from the 50s, and once-glorious buildings fallen into ruin. Now that this socialist island country is open once more, this picture will soon change. Now is the time to pause for a moment and take a closer look at Cuba’s capital city. Bernhard Hartmann starts on the streets, showing us cafes, shops, and boxing clubs, but he also takes us behind the facades of the mansions, whose well-worn charms immediately captivate the viewer. Crumbling plaster, cracked walls, worn stair treads―we see all of this in the pictures, and yet these places are vibrant and alive. Traces of bourgeois life, dignified and stylish, survive despite the adversity, masterfully captured in brilliant photographs.
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This book is beautiful and deserves 5 stars BUT it has 22 blank … This book is beautiful and deserves 5 stars BUT it has 22 blank pages scattered throughout. I contacted both the distributor and the publisher and neither were able (or bothered) to explain whether it was a printing fault or some new design trend I’d missed. I don’t intend to return the book as it is for my own interest in Havana but it is very disappointing that a large, expensive and fabulous book has all those blank pages.
I was very disappointed with this book I was very disappointed with this book. There are so many blank pages throughout the book and also many other pages are half blank. Not what I expected at all. I should have listened to the other review I read that actually said the same thing. Thought it might have been a printing error in just that book. I will be returning this book.
Gorgeous book! This book quality is great!! Itâs gorgeous and yes a few blank pages, but it doesnât bother me. I love this book on my coffee table and it reminds me of our trip to Cuba!