Significant Characters
Because of the uncertainty of the names of people and places, the novel is ambiguous in parts. Menèndez purposely recreates this ambiguity in order to highlight the circumstances many exiled Cuban-Americans face as they try to uncover details of their past.
- Unnamed female protagonist: Exiled Cuban-American who came to America as a baby
following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. She lives in Miami, is a free-lance travel writer, and seeks knowledge of her heritage.
- Teresa de la Landre: Possibly the female protagonist’s mother, a painter, married to
Calixto. She claims to have had an affair with Ernesto “Che” Guevara and the unnamed protagonist is the result.
Read more about this topic: Loving Che
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