Viñales
“I think the splendour of my childhood was unique, because it was developed in complete misery but also in complete freedom; on the mountain, surrounded by trees, animals, apparitions and people to whom I was indifferent.”
Before Night Falls, Reinaldo Arenas
Havana
“Havana was crazy; I believe that it was the liveliest city in all the world. Fuck Paris and New York! They are too cold… But the night life here!”
The Mists of Yesterday, Leonardo Padura
Trinidad
“WELCOME to Cuba! All of you… be WELLcome! Bienvenidos! as we say in our romantic language of colonizadors and toreros (bullfighters) and very, very, but verry (I know what I say) beautiful duennas.”
Three Trapped Tigers, Gabriel Cabrera Infante
