The museum is open to the public for a tour and there will be a book presentation too. Registration / reservations are requested. Please see the parking arrangements below. Both the Museum and the book reading are free of charge.
The PRESENTATION by Victor Bonilla-Sosa of Lorna DeSosa’s novel “Infinite Corner” will be in Orly Museum, on Saturday November 13 at 3:00 p.m. Please RSVP at orlymuseum.org, or 510-384-5606.
Cuba in 1947 is a country of unrest, teeming with mafia-driven crime and on the verge of revolution. Fidel Castro is one of many frustrated young university students, following in the footsteps of Eddy Chibás and preparing to drag the country into upheaval. In the midst of this turbulent background, a dilapidated old mansion sits by the Caribbean, a leftover of the halcyon days of the “Dance of Millions” at the turn of the 19th century. The mansion serves as an unusual backdrop to the struggles between the old Cuban ways and the new ones trying to be born.
DeSosa, a 45-year resident and professor of dramatic arts in Berkeley and of Hungarian heritage, was a famous American theater, radio and television director and producer in Havana, Cuba from 1940 to 1955. Along with Cuban and European emigres she co-founded the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Havana in the 1940s, among the first in Latin America and exclusively represented Spanish playwright Buero Vallejo’s plays in Latin America. The novel, a result of her years of living within Cuban society provides a unique X ray across Havana’s social strata. It is at once an allegory of Cuba’s struggle for independence and a microcosmic tale of human struggles set in 1947 well before the coming storm of the Cuban Revolution. Unlike the novels that have appeared narrating the Castro years, DeSosa employs a poetic and dramatic style to portray a Cuba tourists seldom, if ever, witnessed.
Parking Arrangements: The Museum has one day street parking permits available without charge and has arranged for off street parking at the Museum. Please contact info@orlymuseum.org or call 510 384 5606 to arrange for free parking.
Event organized by Éva Szabó