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Hemingway in Cuba
English, Spanish (translation)
43 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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Norberto Fuentes
34 books10 followersJournalist, award-winning fiction author, and former member of the Cuban revolution, Norberto Fuentes has written ten books, including Hemingway in Cuba. His work has been praised by writers such as Italo Calvino, William Kennedy, and Gabriel García Márquez. He left Cuba in 1994 and now lives in exile in Florida.
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June 22, 2024
Norberto Fuentes writes a fun and engaging book about Ernest Hemingway’s life and work, through the core narrative thread of his connections with Cuba.
Fuentes had previously run afoul of the Cuban government in the late 60s and his golden internal exile was to be sent to work at Hemingway’s house in Cuba, the finca vigia, which had been turned into a museum. This is the book that came out of his nearly two decades working at the museum and also formed part of Fuentes’ reentry into the good graces of the government.
You can really see signs of Fuentes’ desire to be liked by the government through his obligatory jabs at politicians and intellectuals who had taken stances against the revolution throughout the book, such as referring to Guillermo Cabrera Infante as a “traitor”. This makes the fact that Fuentes then fled Cuba in the 90s and has spent the following decades being extremely critical himself, since he also ‘betrays’ the revolution while in exile.
Overall the book is definitely a fun ride and something I can see recommending for its literary value, but it’s definitely not an academic text so if that’s what you’re looking for go elsewhere.
Fuentes had previously run afoul of the Cuban government in the late 60s and his golden internal exile was to be sent to work at Hemingway’s house in Cuba, the finca vigia, which had been turned into a museum. This is the book that came out of his nearly two decades working at the museum and also formed part of Fuentes’ reentry into the good graces of the government.
You can really see signs of Fuentes’ desire to be liked by the government through his obligatory jabs at politicians and intellectuals who had taken stances against the revolution throughout the book, such as referring to Guillermo Cabrera Infante as a “traitor”. This makes the fact that Fuentes then fled Cuba in the 90s and has spent the following decades being extremely critical himself, since he also ‘betrays’ the revolution while in exile.
Overall the book is definitely a fun ride and something I can see recommending for its literary value, but it’s definitely not an academic text so if that’s what you’re looking for go elsewhere.
September 25, 2009
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