THE WEASEL AND THE WHORE by Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas
The Weasel and the Whore, a novel by Cuban writer and performer Martha Luisa Hernández Cadenas, will be published by Héloïse Press in October 2025. The novel is a grim underground portrait of today’s Cuba, where young people struggle to shake off the vestiges of Castroism.
From Monday to Saturday, Mary is a young and talented artist in the artistic, bohemian and fringe circles of Havana. But on Sundays, Mary becomes the sex toy of a high official of the regime. Her condition as a woman and artist, bisexual and alienated from Castroism, inevitably pushes her towards social exclusion, and Mary begins to need a strong reason to remain in Cuba. Winner of an English PEN Translates Award. Translated from Spanish.