When the authors had the idea for this book, one was in a jail and the other in a cemetery. As Cuba is a country obsessed with its own history, both of these places were museums and they were acting as historians. Their shared interest in history and literature led them to the idea of describing Cuba's history in a series of short stories. After a time, one went to live in an external community that is known, rather nostalgically, as exile but their literary conspiracy remained intact. The publication of Leve historia de ...
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When the authors had the idea for this book, one was in a jail and the other in a cemetery. As Cuba is a country obsessed with its own history, both of these places were museums and they were acting as historians. Their shared interest in history and literature led them to the idea of describing Cuba's history in a series of short stories. After a time, one went to live in an external community that is known, rather nostalgically, as exile but their literary conspiracy remained intact. The publication of Leve historia de Cuba (or Cuba Lite) is the continuation of their conspiracy by other means.
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