''The Only Snow in Havana'' is a
non-fiction book, written by
Canadian writer
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Elizabeth Hay, first published in September 1992 by
Cormorant Books. In the book, the author chronicles an eight-year sojourn in which she traveled to
Mexico, and through
Cuba and
Latin America, settling in
New York
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until her return to
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in 1992. Hay was
homesick throughout her time away, and every new experience of her travels invoked reflections of home, which she recorded in her journal. Hay's journals resulted in a trilogy of books, of which, ''The Only Snow in Havana'' is the second.
[Faculty of Arts, 1993, Edna Staebler Award]
, ''Wilfrid Laurier University'', Previous winners, Elizabeth Hay, Retrieved 11/20/2012
Awards and honours
''The Only Snow in Havana'' received the 1993 "
Edna Staebler Award for
Creative Non-Fiction".
See also
*
List of Edna Staebler Award recipients
References
External links
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Elizabeth Hay
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Canadian travel books
1992 non-fiction books
Cormorant Books books
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