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Carrusel de las Artes spoke at the Biarritz Latin America Festival with the well-known Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, as part of the promotion of his latest book translated into French entitled ‘Water everywhere, living and writing in Cuba’, by Métailié editions . Padura related why he is still in his country, despite the difficulties that affect Cubans and the need he has for his land to write.
Leonardo Padura is the father of the famous detective Mario Conde, protagonist of several police novels, and of a novel that marked a milestone, ‘The man who loved dogs’, among other works that have come from his prolific imagination.
This time, Padura was the guest of honor at the literary meetings of the Biarritz Latin America Festival, where he was able to dialogue with the public and present his latest book published in French, ‘Water everywhere, living and writing in Cuba’, a series of chronicles about being an author in a country with the characteristics, problems and unusual situations that Cuba has.
The excuse for writing this book, as the author explains, is a question that journalists vehemently ask him: Why are you still in Cuba, when numerous artists and writers have sought other horizons?
“I am a Cuban who writes about Cuba and has a strong feeling of belonging to Cuba. And I believe that things are not resolved if everyone leaves,” says the author.
The title ‘Water everywhere’ is taken from a verse by Virgilio Piñera: “The damned circumstance of water everywhere”, to talk about the insular condition of Cuba. From that verse, Padura makes a historical, social, literary and musical description of his island to explain how this evolution has influenced the way of being and thinking of Cubans, and, therefore, his work.
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