The three grand old men of Cuban literature are Alejo Carpentier {his masterpiece is The Lost Steps}; José Lezama Lima {whose autobiographical novel Paradiso infuriated Castro}; and Guillermo Cabrera Infante {the setting of his novel Three Trapped Tigers-pre-Castro Havana-reminded me of Oscar Hijuelos's A Simple Habana Melody From When the World Was Good}.
( Nancy Pearl )
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