THE STORY: Waiting for the revolution that she feels certain is near at hand, Cuba, a supporter of Fidel Castro, has set up camp in New York’s Central Park. Having become something of a tourist attraction, she is interviewed by a reporter from the New York Times—who shudders apprehensively as Cuba shoots down the series of “spies” who approach her bastion, and harangues a watching crowd through a bullhorn. Inevitably the interview becomes a confrontation between her left-wing views and his right-wing reactions, with the end result an uneasy standoff. As he leaves the reporter remarks that she has given him no real story to file, as a story must have a beginning, a middle and an end. “But I have indeed given you a beginning,” replies Cuba, “and I may yet give you a middle—and perhaps,” she adds ominously, “an end as well."
This timely and provocative fantasy makes an amusing, yet disturbing, statement on the nature of revolution.
“Bitingly original a chilling comment on the inhumanity of war.” —The New York Times.
“A perfect gem.” —Village Voice.
Included in the collection
¡Cuba Si!, Bringing It All Back Home, Last Gasps.
