Havana Jazz Club (19 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To Marlene Moleón, the Cuban writer and editor who, responding to my many letters peppered with questions, helped me re-create the protagonist’s years in Cuba. Though any error in documentation is only ascribable to the author.

To Vivian Stusser, the Cuban writer who advised me on the language and idioms of her land.

To Zoé Valdés, who did this in her own way, without even realizing, lending me atmospheres and speech through her books.

To Mercedes Gallego, the last critical and objective look at the manuscript and consultant in layout and other technical matters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photo © 2014

Lola Mariné is a writer, licensed psychologist, and actress. Born in Barcelona, she worked in show business in Madrid for twenty years before returning to her hometown. There, she earned a degree in psychology while teaching theater workshops to children.

She has contributed to four anthologies,
Tiempo de recreo
(
Playtime
),
Dejad que os cuente algo
(
Let Me Tell You Something
),
Atmósferas
(
Atmospheres
), and
Tardes del laberinto
(
Evening of the Labyrinth
), and wrote
Gatos por los tejados
(
Cats on the Roofs
), a collection of short stories. Her first novel,
Nunca fuimos a Katmandú
(
We Never Went to Kathmandu
) was published in 2010.

For more information, visit
gatosporlostejados.blogspot.com
.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Photo © 2015 Jack Peele

Rosemary Peele holds an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa. Her translations from Spanish have been published by AmazonCrossing and
The Translation Review
. She was awarded the Iowa Arts Fellowship from 2011 to 2013 and received the honorable mention in the 2009 Susan Sontag Prize for Translation. Rosemary has lived in England, Bermuda, New York, Spain, Ghana, and Iowa City and also holds a BA in literary translation from Sarah Lawrence College.