tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post5005955268337344475..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: Sunday Mornings: Coffee, Reflections and MusicA Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-62947512392619732652010-09-21T20:34:21.664+01:002010-09-21T20:34:21.664+01:00Memoir, biography--doesn't it all boil down to...Memoir, biography--doesn't it all boil down to the quality of the writing? Where would I draw the line? Memoirs by Stalin, Hitler, and their ilk. Certain scholars might. Monsters would probably leave out the gory parts, right?Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-83351344652831195632010-09-21T09:41:08.634+01:002010-09-21T09:41:08.634+01:00Just spent the most wonderful two weeks of my life...Just spent the most wonderful two weeks of my life in Cuba - it's awesome - and the countryside is just stunning - http://tinyurl.com/2bssn2xCharlotte Weychanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663876212865382511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-79385734971224431732010-09-20T17:34:04.144+01:002010-09-20T17:34:04.144+01:00Very interesting reflections. I would have to agre...Very interesting reflections. I would have to agree that all of us in the blog cyberworld are writing a 'memoir' to a certain extend. take me for example. Sometimes I wonder if i'm sharing too much, but then again this is the only way I will remember my days in a foreign country. I think of it like a daily journal, (with many people looking over my shoulder as I write)..but for now I'm comfortable with that.<br /><br />as always Cuban you gives us something to ponder about.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985918720281634986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-87947093532506801952010-09-20T13:57:02.835+01:002010-09-20T13:57:02.835+01:00I would say that the better use of (auto) biograph...I would say that the better use of (auto) biographic material would be in fiction. And some people are already pretty good at it. :-)<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-53792977090757906672010-09-20T02:27:10.620+01:002010-09-20T02:27:10.620+01:00I agree, the art of the autobiography and memoir h...I agree, the art of the autobiography and memoir has gone to the dogs and I read quite a lot of them, mostly writers and artists. I was especially interested when I heard about Castro's memoir will you grace us with a review if you read it? In terms of inspirational memoirs, Assata, the freedom fighter who remains exiled in your homeland, comes to mind.Fly Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191335990973494972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-17063023798645110512010-09-19T18:08:10.998+01:002010-09-19T18:08:10.998+01:00These days the autobiographies or memoirs are all ...These days the autobiographies or memoirs are all about a bunch of narcissitic politicians justifying actions that everyone knows to be unacceptable. I don't even bother with them because, like you say, they don't say anything new.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-24055575551982335662010-09-19T13:12:40.049+01:002010-09-19T13:12:40.049+01:00I've heard it said that no writer should produ...I've heard it said that no writer should produce an autobiography, because it would be an awful waste of life experience to use it all up on just the one book...Rachel Cotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969719330048416996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-48324887757293430672010-09-19T12:01:47.966+01:002010-09-19T12:01:47.966+01:00Don't know this band.
You seem to have been a...Don't know this band. <br />You seem to have been away forever...are you home finally, Cuban?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com