The Jose Marti Publishing House Releases Book on Holguin

By Jose Miguel Avila / Wednesday, 24 December 2008 / editorweb@radioangulo.icrt.cu

(Dec. 23) The Jose Marti publishing house has just released the chromed book ‘De Cuba Holguin’ which portrays views of that eastern Cuban province.

The book stands out many features of that gorgeous Cuban site that Christopher Columbus baptized as the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen.

Its geography, flora, fauna, history, culture and tourism values are targeted in the pages of this text.

Its authors, poet and narrator Lourdes Gonzalez Herrero and photographer Amauris Betancourt Gomez, through chronicles and reports written very minutely along with pictures very accurately chosen, take the reader to enjoy a text that describes the places in Holguin noone dares to miss.

The book, which was printed in Colombia by the Graficas de la Sabana printing house, was edited by Mayra Fernandez Peron, corrected by Maritza Vazquez Valdes, and designed and composed by the also Holguin expert, Andro Liuben Perez Diz.

The text has come out in Spanish, English, French and German -one thousand copies in each language- to give the reader the chance of widening his/her information required when it comes to Holguin, whose tourism industry ranks third in the country, besides being one of the most important regions in Cuba for its culture, population, natural resources and history.

The net of bookstores of ARTEX company is selling the book ‘De Cuba Holguin’ at eight convertible pesos (CUC).