A Snowstorm in Cuba
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TUESDAY
Luke woke up thinking of Karl Marx. The thick wide beard and those penetrating eyes stared at him during the morning erection. He believed if he squeezed his eyes more he could get rid of him. Karl persisted even over Anna’s body that was standing naked by the window. She took a flash picture of him when he opened his eyes. It burned his brain.“Don’t do that.”
“Uh-oh, who’s grumpy today, tell me, tell me, who’s grumpy?”She jumped on him and crumpled his hair with her fingers. Karl disappeared.
“Thank god,” Luke sighed.“For an atheist, you’re quite thankful today.”
“I have reasons. I slept like a baby.”“Some babies have difficult sleep.”
“Well, I slept like a baby on Valium.”They kissed but his erection had left with Karl. One thing was much better than morning intercourse. A good long coffee.
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Anna and Luke are middle-class Occupy activists from Toronto on a much-deserved vacation for romance and relaxation in Cuba. There is tension in their relationship, and they hope to ease the tumult by spending time alone, away from the pressures of life. On their way to Cuba, though, they make the acquaintance of another couple.
Catherine and Charles are extravagantly wealthy and represent what Anna and Luke detest about capitalist culture. Still, the two couples form an unexpected bond and end up spending the entire week together. Despite what on the surface seems to be a growing friendship, each player in this strange foreign game has other things in mind.
Anna, an artist, hopes to sell several of her paintings to the affluent Catherine. Luke is also interested in Catherine but for different, lustful reasons, whereas Charles seems depressed by just about everything. When an unexpected storm descends on Cuba, Anna finds herself alone with a drunken Charles; Luke is alone with Catherine. Then, someone ends up missing, and both couples are left wondering if their random meeting was random at all.
About the Author
Vlad Bunea was born in Transylvania, Romania, and immigrated to Canada in 2005. He is the author of the novels Womb Town and House of Geniuses and the short story collection Gals, Gods, Guns. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Oana, whom he met in primary school.