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Ernesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba
Revealing account of the writer's abiding love for the island and its people
At home: Hemingway in Cuba, 1950

CHE GUEVARA is not the only Ernesto to have carved out a lasting place in Cuban culture. Another foreigner who spent much of his life on the island — Ernest Hemingway — is also held in high esteem.

As Andrew Feldman recognises in his book Ernesto, a considerable proportion of Hemingway’s work, such as the novels that led to him winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, was heavily influenced by the 30-plus years he spent as a visitor and resident in Cuba.

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