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Finca Vigia/Interior, from a BBC segment
on Hemingway's Cuban residence |
In a very rare case of a Cuban-US partnership, architects and preservationists have acted in concert to preserve Ernest Hemingway's Cuban residence,
Finca Vigia. The story, while not exactly something Papa would have written, is a fascinating one. By the way, reading about "Lookout Farm," as the finca is known in English, is probably the only way the politically unconnected can visit the structure. Most visitors can't get inside the finca, located outside Havana. Author
Michael Connors and photographer
Brent Winebrenner, however, were given tremendous access to "Lookout Farm"; their new book,
The Splendor of Cuba: 450 Years of Architecture and Interiors includes photographs of the finca.
Today's Washington Post has the details of the authors' access, the architectural cooperation, and the condition of Hemingway's beloved getaway. Meanwhile,
for a window into Hemingway's way of thinking, George Plimpton's Paris Review inteview of Papa is a good place to start.
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