Does Martin Cruz Smith have a second Cuba book in him, or did
he use up what he saw? I enjoyed the heck out of Havana Bay.
His guide led him in a funny direction, jineteras, great
metaporical word. The inner tube people use a word, too.
Maybe, though, a Cuban writer or two should have the next
word? HB took a Russian tourist's view written by a
Californian and told the reader,
'this is Cuba today.'
I am enjoying the earliest pages of _Outcast_ and must get
back to you on this, see how the oddly named Elliot Steil and
his buddy Dan Gastler work things out. I have no idea what to
expect, on p.13, so I'm excited. From an earlier post, I note
Steil's coming to the US, which is a bit sad, but might be
fun to see how the US comes out of your fingers. Getting even
with Cruz Smith?
mvs In a message dated 1/10/02 5:28:18 PM,
alaiep@cubarte.cult.cu writes:
>I don't know if Martin is planning to do another book
on Cuba. Haven't
>
>communicated with him in over a year.
>
>
>
>I haven't seen "Wiseguy." Syncretic means exactly
what you say. In Cuba
>
>it's a blend of of non-native religions (there were
no Africans in Cuba;
>
>the Spanish conquistadores imported them as slaves)
and also imported
>
>(Christian) deities by the Spaniards. The truly Cuban
Indian deities
>
>disappeared with colonization. Under the Inquisition,
Spanish priests
>
>burned to death Indian magic men in the
stakes.
>
>
>
>The Guantanamo Naval base was established in 1903, in
perpetuity.
>
>
>
>José atour
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