by Zoé Valdés · SALAMANDRA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478882410
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«La nada cotidiana» is the novel by Zoé Valdés, published by Salamandra Ediciones in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative follows Yocandra, a Havana woman who wanders the streets of the city trying to make sense of a life marked by disillusionment after the Cuban revolution. Between corrosive humor and irony, the novel portrays a society trapped between unfulfilled promises, material decay and moral emptiness, turning her protagonist's words into a weapon against frustration.
Originally published in 1995, it is classified as contemporary fiction within literature and fiction.
For readers interested in contemporary Cuban narrative and fiction with a political and social background.
Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at UNESCO in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She lives with her daughter in Paris. She has been married three times: with Cuban writer Manuel Pereira Quintero, Cuban government official José Antonio González and Cuban independent filmmaker Ricardo Vega.
