Embora durante a minha juventude tenha frequentado muito pouco as aulas de Física, uma das regras que me ficou bem gravada, foi a de que dois corpos não podem ocupar simultaneamente o mesmo espaço. No entanto, assim que cheguei a Saigão, verifiquei que essa simples
One day we rented a car to go to Varadero, a resort on the north coast which boasted the best beach in Cuba and, some say, the Caribbean. It was near the town of Matanzas some two hours from Havana. Before the revolution the beach
A princípio, Constança Sargaçal chegava de mansinho e sentava-se ao pé de mim, no poial do alpendre da parte de trás da casa da minha avó. Vinha sempre a rir, achando graça ao meu tamanho de criança humana, sempre senti que me gozava e ainda
O marido bem a puxava, mas ela ainda não estava pronta para caminhadas. Preferia ficar sentada no sofá da sala a observar os barcos que passavam no Tejo. Ainda não se conseguia concentrar muito tempo na leitura, mas lia três ou quatro páginas, pousava o
Heriberto was my new friend’s name. He was a black Cuban from a poor suburb of Havana and had studied French at college, in which language a we communicated. He was youthful and earnest and, he said, always getting into trouble with the police about
I spent my first week in Havana, the Capital. I had a hotel that looked over the Prado in the old town. The Prado was long and tree-lined and ran all the way from the high-domed and boarded-up Capitolio down to the wind-swept sea-front that
While half of my brain attempts to find words for what I see, I allow the other half to let me feel and enjoy what surrounds me. As I wander amidst the suspended forms, I sneak between layers, trying to find words, but I still
