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When a human skeleton is discovered on Ernest Hemingway's home in
Havana, police inspector Mario Conde is called up out of retirement
to unearth the truth. In the course of his investigations, Conde
gradually reconstructs the mysterious goings-on of the night of 3rd
October 1958 and in doing so is forced to come to terms with a very
different side to the character of his former literary hero. Padura
Fuentes cleverly cuts between Conde's world and that of Hemingway's
Cuba four decades earlier. In the heat and rum haze, the two seem
slowly to merge as the reader is taken on an extraordinary journey
into the past and into the personality of one of the twentieth
century's most enigmatic and interesting writers. It's a masterful
and totally convincing portrait that emerges, as well as a riveting
mystery that keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the very final
pages.
El primer fin de semana de 1989 una insistente llamada de telefono
arranca de su resaca al teniente Mario Conde, un policia esceptico
y desenganado. El Viejo, su jefe en la Central, le llama para
encargarle un misterioso y urgente caso: Rafael Morin, jefe de la
Empresa de Importaciones y Exportaciones del Ministerio de
Industrias, falta de su domicilio desde el dia de Ano Nuevo. Quiere
el azar que el desaparecido sea un ex companero de estudios de
Conde, un tipo que ya entonces, aun acatando las normas
establecidas, se destacaba por su brillantez y autodisciplina. Por
si fuera poco, este caso enfrenta al teniente con el recuerdo de su
antiguo amor por la joven Tamara, ahora casada con Morin. El Conde
-asi le conocen sus amigos-, ira descubriendo que el aparente
pasado perfecto sobre el que Rafael Morin ha ido labrando su
brillante carrera ocultaba ya sus sombras.
A journalist and assistant in a veterinary clinic, flashes back
towards an episode in his life when he met a man who used to walk
by the beach with two Russian dogs. After several meetings, the man
said Jaime Lopez was his name, and began to tell him his
confidences focusing on the figure of Trotsky's murderer, Ramon
Mercader, of whom he claims have been friends.
This unusual collaboration between a Cuban novelist and a Canadian
professor offers uncensored and frank interviews with prominent
figures of contemporary Cuban cultural life, from a Grammy-winning
jazz artist to world-class filmmakers and actors, writers, ballet
dancers, and dramatists.
In recent years the small island, with a population of just 11
million, has experienced an astonishing cultural renaissance. The
immense popularity of the movies Buena Vista Social Club and
Strawberry and Chocolate, the successful international tours of the
National Ballet of Cuba, and a host of literary prizes in Spain and
Latin America attest to this phenomenon.
The thirteen people interviewed played a leading role in
cultural life during the years of the revolutionary process and
today are considered official Cuban figures -- Silvio Rodriguez,
Anton Arrufat, Alicia Alonso, Abelardo Estorino, Chucho Valdes,
Pablo Armando Fernandez, Leo Brouwer, Nancy Morejon, Roberto
Fernandez Retamar, Roberto Fabelo, Frank Fernandez, Fernando Perez,
and Jorge Perugorria. They discuss a range of topics -- their own
work and limits on it, the challenge of producing art in a poor
country, and threats of censorship. All state categorically that
they feel a profound sense of national identity and an acute
awareness of their role as cultural symbol.
Together, these candid interviews offer a unique perspective on
the artist and intellectual in socialist society and an overview of
the dynamic expression of popular culture in Cuba today.
A woman was beaten, raped and then strangled with a towel.
Marijuana is found in her apartment and her wardrobe is
suspiciously beyond the means of a high school teacher. Grand
buildings and secrets hidden behind faded doors and corruption.
This story in Cuba, its life of sex, music and great friendships as
it is a story of a murder investigation.
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